Budget and Accounting: Hearings Before ..., 84-2, May 21, 22, June 12 and 19, 1956

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Page 71 - Program was initiated in 1948 by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, and the Comptroller General, and was given statutory authorization in the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950.
Page 10 - His final public service, in 1947, was as chairman of one of the task forces of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government headed by former President Herbert Hoover.
Page 19 - Budget concerning their accounting, financial reporting, and budgetary needs, and considering the needs of the other executive agencies, shall prescribe the principles, standards, and related requirements for accounting to be observed by each executive agency, including requirements for suitable integration between the accounting processes of each executive agency and the accounting of the Treasury Department.
Page 71 - Such accounting systems shall be approved by the Comptroller General when deemed by him to be adequate and in conformity with the principles, standards, and related requirements prescribed by him.
Page 90 - Each department head should receive from the Congress administrative authority to organize his department and to place him in control of its administration.
Page 39 - Council, take whatever action may be necessary to achieve, insofar as is possible, (1) consistency in accounting and budget classifications,. (2) synchronization between accounting and budget classifications and organizational structure, and (3) support of the budget justifications by information on performance and program costs as shown by the accounts.
Page 71 - Recommendation No. 7 That the executive budget and congressional appropriations be in terms of estimated annual accrued expenditures, namely, charges for the cost of goods and services estimated to be received.

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