Pending tax and spending legislation is putting additional upward pressure on the U.S. national debt. Much like the broader U.S. budget process, a legislative procedure currently being used to advance ...

Discover how the U.S. federal budget works, its role in government spending, and its historical evolution, including details ...

"No plan survives first contact with the enemy," said Prussian military strategist Helmuth von Moltke. Likewise, when the annual budget process transitions to execution, it’s already out of date. The ...

District and school leaders believe smart spending decisions start early. The EdWeek Research Center recently asked K-12 ...

Explore budgeting methods, like zero-, activity-, & priority-based, incremental, envelope system, and the 50/30/20 rule.

Business owners need budgets to help them manage money and meet financial goals. Learn how and why to start budget planning ...

As Wauconda Community Unit School District 118’s plans to address a multi-million-dollar budgeting crisis begin to solidify, district leaders are looking ahead, saying they’ve created new safeguards ...

In Saratoga Springs, $50,000 of city money has been set aside this year for a process known as participatory budgeting. The program allows residents to pick which projects proposed by fellow citizens ...

For most of American history, government shutdowns didn’t exist — they are a relatively recent phenomenon born of broken budget procedures and a broken political environment. Shutdowns as we know them ...

This is one in a series about managing costs and budgets in radio operations. Tim Neese is president of MultiTech Consulting Inc. He has been a broadcast engineer for more than 35 years, as a ...

Rajeev Dhir is a writer with 10+ years of experience as a journalist with a background in broadcast, print, and digital newsrooms. Betsy began her career in international finance and it has since ...