In the public sector, as with many areas of life, it is often easier to continue doing things the way they’ve always been done than it is to overcome inertia and try a new approach. Take budgeting, ...

This inaugural report from ClearGov offers an inside look at the top challenges, priorities, and success factors shaping public finance today. Based on a nationwide survey of nearly 200 finance ...

The Government’s ‘sustainable’ spending plan includes an additional €12 billion beyond the limit recommended by public expenditure officials, Extra.ie can reveal. The chairman of the Irish Fiscal ...

If the 118th Congress is remembered at all, it will likely be for its ineffectiveness and dysfunction, which persisted until the merciful end. In its last days, as it rushed for the exits, it put off, ...

Happy New Year. Welcome to 2026. Now that we’re in a new year, the question for state and local leaders is now acutely: How are you going to pay for your priorities? Budget leaders are entering this ...

Earlier this year, the North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management and the UNC School of Government partnered to create the North Carolina Certified State Government Budget Professional ...

Furious at the killing of two American citizens in Minneapolis, Capitol Hill Democrats say they won’t give Immigration and Customs Enforcement any more money until it cleans up its act. “What’s ...

I was struck, no, dumbfounded by this: Debt funded all federal government spending in 2025. The federal government plans to spend a total of $7 trillion in fiscal 2025 but only bring in $5.16 trillion ...

ZBB is a data-driven budgeting method that demands a department or division justify its expenses on an ongoing basis. And it’s a favorite of some in the startup world (and was employed by Elon Musk ...

Congress is threatening another “government shutdown” as the September 30 deadline approaches. But here’s what most Americans don’t understand: Government has never shut down. Not once. What people ...