tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451774866316464951.post1746606722890344823..comments2013-06-03T02:55:16.852-04:00Comments on MCCAB BLOG: MCCAB Recommendations to County Council on FY-11 Operating BudgetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451774866316464951.post-62337356456616355562010-05-01T18:56:56.896-04:002010-05-01T18:56:56.896-04:00Zero-based budgeting has much to recommend it. Req...Zero-based budgeting has much to recommend it. Requiring justification of programs or services is something which will certainly be necessary, on a periodic basis.<br /><br />Yet I don't know how much sense there is in annual justification for continuation of a program. Perhaps this would be better done every two years, five years, or other comparable intervals? <br /><br />Annual review for zero-based budgeting might tend to decrease delivery of services, as there will be an endless struggle, at some level, to always be preparing for the next-budget challenge to provide justification, on the one hand. On the other hand, without justification on a per-program basis, how can anyone say that a program is filling a need, and/or to what degree it <i>effectively</i> fills that need?<br /><br />These are all minor issues that need to be addressed, to be sure. In any case, whether it's an annually-reviewed justification for zero-based budget, or a less-frequent justification cycle, more and better metrics all across the board should give the taxpayers, as well as administrators and elected officials, a much better idea to what ends and with what effects our money is spent.Thomas Hardmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07951423786343852055noreply@blogger.com