Table of Contents
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Full text of OMB Circular No.
A-11 (missing page numbers are intentional)
(3.2 mb)
Single Chapter Files
Revisions to Part 1 (dated
11/10/99) (15 k)
Transmittal Letter
(21 k) Table of Contents
(36 k) Guide to the Circular
(16 k) Crosswalk to the New Structure of the 1999
Revisions (12 k)
Summary of Changes
(13 k)
PART 1
Preparation and Submission of Budget Estimates
I. General Information about the Budget
- 10. Overview of the budget
process (94
k)
- 15. Basic Budget Laws
(14 k)
- 20. Terms and Concepts
(114 k)
- 25. Applicability, exceptions, and advance
approval (9 k)
- 27. Submitting materials to OMB
(19 k)
II. General Information and Policies Relating to Developing
Estimates and Proposals
- 30. Basic policies and assumptions
(13 k)
- 31. Compliance with administration policies and
other general requirements (15
k)
- 32. Estimating employment levels, compensation,
benefits, and related costs (26
k)
- 33. Estimates related to specific types of programs
and expensitures (31 k)
- 34. Proposals requiring coordination with other
agencies (7 k)
- 35. Estimates of collections and outlays
(9 k)
- 36. Communications with Congress and the public and
clearance requirements (14 k)
III. Developing the Initial Budget Submission
- 50. Overview of requirements for the initial
submission (7 k)
- 51. Basic justification materials
(47 k)
- 52. Information on financial management
(69 k)
- 53. Information technology (41 k)
- 54. Rental payments for space and land
(51 k)
- 55. Information on energy use, costs, and
efficiency (MAX schedule O) (11
k)
- 56. Drug control programs
(36 k)
- 57. Violent crime control prgrams
(35 k)
- 58. Additional information due with the initial
submission (7 k)
IV. Materials Required after Passback
- 70. Overview of requirements after passback
(10 k)
- 71. Reporting information by budget account
(13 k)
- 72. Responsibilities in reporting data
(9 k)
- 79. The budget data system
(45 k)
- 80. Development of baseline estimates
(16 k)
- 81. Policy and baseline estimates of budget
authority, outlays, and receipts
- (MAX schedules A, S, R, and K)
(219 k)
- 82. Program and financing (MAX schedule P)
(143 k)
- 83. Object classification (MAX schedule O)
(167 k)
- 84. Character classification (MAX schedule C)
(165 k)
- 85. Federal credit
(386 k)
- 86. Other MAX data
(126 k)
- 95. Explanation of print materials
(120 k)
- 96. Appropriations language
(146 k)
- 97. Narrative statements, footnotes and tables
(44 k)
- 100. Additional information required after
passback (19 k)
V. Actions Following Transmittal of the Budget
- 110. Supplementals and amendments
(113 k)
- 111. Releasing contingent emergency funding
(46 k)
- 112. Other actions and requirements following
budget transmittal (7 k)
Appendices
- A. Scorekeeping guidelines
(16 k)
- B. Scoring lease-purchases and leases of capital
assets (28 k)
- C. Listing of OMB agency/bureau and Treasury
codes (30 k)
- D. Explanation of MAX edit checks
(58 k)
- E. Diagnostic reports and MAX crosswalks
(215 k)
PART 2
Preparation and Submission of Strategic Plans, Annual
Performance Plans, and Annual Program Performance Reports
Table of contents for Part 2
(84 k)
- 200. Overview of strategic plans, annual
performance plans, and
- annual program performance
reports (10 k)
- 210. Preparation and submission of strategic
plans (110 k)
- 220. Preparation and submission of annual
performance plans (116 k)
- 221. The FY 2001 annual performance plan
(12 k)
- 230. Preparation and submission of the annual
performance report (14 k)
- 231. Sending the annual program performance report
to the President and Congress (9
k)
- 232. What does the annual program performance
report contain? (29 k)
- 233. May an annual program performance report be
combined with other documents? (10
k)
PART 3
300. Planning, Budgeting, and Acquisition
of Capital Assets (200
k)
Appendices
- 300A. Principles of budgeting for capital asset
acquisitions (25 k)
- 300B. Selected OMB guidance and other references
regarding capital assets (10
k)
- 300C. Illustrative explanation of earned value
concept and cost and schedule
- variances for capital
assets (12 k)
Index
(37 k) OMB Circulars and Executive Orders Referenced in this
Circular (8 k)
Agency Comment Sheet
(6 k) Order form (25 k)
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