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, ...

Seeking to build on a national effort to reimagine government budgeting, two government technology vendors — Tyler Technologies and Envisio — are teaming up to provide a joint solution. The ...

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, ...

The structural intervention will be focused on local government because, as the Budget Review noted, “continued financial deterioration and instability in municipalities have adverse consequences for ...

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 ...

The Federal Government publishes the spending and revenue numbers on a monthly basis. The government fiscal year closes at the end of September, but this analysis will look at the calendar year budget ...

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 ...

The House and Senate have passed their respective budgets after a dramatic showing from GOP leadership in the House Tuesday ...