Debt and Budget Information

• Budget of the United States Government
  This page provides access to the Budget from FY 1997 forward.
• Budget of the United States Government
  This site, from FRASIER, links to digitized PDFs of the Budget, from 1963-1986.
• Bureau of Public Debt
  This division of the Department of Treasury and borrows the money needed to operate the Federal Government and accounts for the resulting debt. This page has information on the size of the debt, savings bonds and treasury bills.
• Congressional Budget Office
  "The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) was created by the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. CBO's mission is to provide the Congress with objective, timely, nonpartisan analyses needed for economic and budget decisions and with the information and estimates required for the Congressional budget process."
• The Congressional Research Service (CRS)
  The research arm of Congress, which prepares reports (usually under 20 pages long) on topics of interest to members of Congress. Search these CRS Reports CU through LexisNexis. Enter "budget" or "taxation" as search terms.
• Consolidated Federal Funds Report (CFFR)
  Provides data from 1993-present. The CFFR lists federal obligations and expenditures by state, county, municipality, or county subdivision. Includes detailed funding by program.
• Office Of Management and Budget (OMB)
  "OMB's predominant mission is to assist the President in overseeing the preparation of the Federal budget and to supervise its administration in Executive Branch agencies. In helping to formulate the President's spending plans, OMB evaluates the effectiveness of agency programs, policies, and procedures, assesses competing funding demands among agencies, and sets funding priorities."
  • OMB Circulars
    "Instructions or information issued by OMB to Federal agencies. These are expected to have a continuing effect of two years or more."
  • USASpending.gov
    This site shows where the money is being spent on contracts and grants from the federal government.

• International Monetary Fund, Debt Relief
• SourceOECD CU
  This database, put out by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), has information on the budgets and debt of its member countries. Some direct links are:
• National Accounts and Historical Statistics CU contains books and statistics dealing with the debt and budgets of OECD member countries.
• Revenue Statistics of OECD Member Countries CU contains data on where member countries get their revenue.
• Social Expenditure Database CU contains information on how the government spends its money.
• World Bank Debt Department
  This site provides data on debt levels and discussion of debt issues.
• World Development Indicators CU
  This database, put out by the World Bank, allows comparisons of the national debt of the member countries.

• Forum on Debt and Development
• Center for Global Development Debt/Debt Relief

• The Library Catalog, Chinook
  There are numerous secondary, federal, and international sources of information on debt and budget issues available in the collection.
  
  Try these searches to see some of the resources in Chinook , the library catalog:

  Electronic Resources	Print and Electronic Resources
  Budget--United States	Budget--United States
  budget and econom*	budget and econom*
  debt and politic*	debt and politic*
  budget (government publications only)	budget (government publications only)

  
  The * replaces up to five characters in a word.

• Banking, Banks and Credit Unions
• Business and Economic Information
• Development
• Tax Forms and Information