The Budget Variance Tables are intended to facilitate the legislators’ evaluation of the President’s annual budget proposal. This handbook provides a quick reference to the size and distribution of the proposed obligation budget. The tables present a comparison of the budget by expense class (i.e., personal services, maintenance and other operating expenses, and capital outlay, and Financial Expenses), and by department/agency and special purpose fund. It shows the increments and reductions in agency budgets, and identifies the agencies/special purpose funds with budget increases/budget cuts under the proposed budget with reference to the immediate past year. This publication is part of a package of budget-related CPBRD publication which also includes the Agency Budget Notes (ABN) and briefers on the Macroeconomic Perspective, Financing Program and Dimensions of the Proposed Budget.>>read complete document
