NCJ Number
41131
Date Published
Unknown
Length
121 pages
Annotation
THIS BUDGET BOOK WAS COMPILED TO PROVIDE A TOOL TO THE MASSACHUSETTS COURTS FOR MAKING THE PROCESS OF BUDGETING EASIER, MORE EFFECTIVE, AND MORE UNIFORM BY PROVIDING PROCEDURES AND FORMS FOR A YEAR-LONG BUDGETING PROCESS.
Abstract
A FIVE STEP BUDGETING PROCESS IS DESCRIBED -- PLANNING THE BUDGET, PREPARING A BUDGET REQUEST, REVIEW OF PREPARED BUDGETS, SUBMISSION AND JUSTIFICATION OF THE BUDGET, AND MONITORING THE OPERATION OF THE APPROVED BUDGET THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR FOR PREPARATION OF THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. SPECIFIC FORMS AND PROCEDURES FOR COLLECTING DATA THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR FOR PREPARATION OF THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET ARE PROVIDED. THE BUDGET BOOK WAS PREPARED IN LOOSE-LEAF FORM TO FACILITATE REMOVAL OF FORMS FOR PHOTOCOPYING AND INSERTION OF NEW DATA.(AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...EB