MDM4AU 331 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Alabama moving toward zero-based budgeting, requiring agencies to justify spending MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama House and Senate budget chairmen signaled Monday they are preparing to move the state toward zero-based budgeting, which would ratchet up scrutiny on state agencies and require them justify their budget requests each year. To this point, the State of Alabama, similar to the federal government, has used a form of “baseline budgeting.” This means that an agency’s budget appropriation for this year serves as the “baseline” — or starting point — for its appropriation next year, and it goes up from there. Zero-based budgeting, a frequent rallying cry for conservatives on both the state and federal levels, means agencies will start their budgets at $0, thereby forcing them to justify each dollar of their funding requests year after year. Continue Reading Here: http://yellowhammern...stify-spending/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Tiger 4,261 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 That is a very good move if they really do it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kd4au 1,145 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 All for that.Hope they follow through with it.Feds need to do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooltigger21 0 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Now if we could just do that in Washington DC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeBags7277 734 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Good move. Not sure why we ever got away from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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