What are the Department of Finance's responsibilities with respect to preparing the annual budget?
What will be an ideal response?
Varies. Professional budget analysts continuously collect data about state operations as well as vital demographic information about California's population, and they make projections about how much money will be available at a future date, estimate baseline funding levels for major existing programs, and how much can be spent on new programs or services. The DOF prepares a budget based on the executive departments' reports about their budget expenditures and needs, assigning dollar amounts to the state programs and services prioritized by the governor. The DOF's projections and estimates are critical to the preparation of a budget.
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a. agenda setting b. formulation c. implementation d. evaluation
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a. Stamp b. Tea c. Coercive d. Mercantile
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A. Iraq B. Iran C. Syria D. Afghanistan
Bureaucracies only exist in government
Indicate whether the statement is true or false