Congressional Budget Office

Philip G. Joyce is a professor of public policy at the University of Maryland. He has twelve years of public sector work experience, including five years with the United States Congressional Budget Office, and is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.

• 1. Truth, Power, and Consequences 2. Organizing for Nonpartisan Analysis 3. Macrobudgeting 4. Microbudgeting 5. Policy Analysis 6. Clinton Health Plan: Bringing It All Together 7. Obama Health Care Reform 8. An Excellent Skunk? Index

Public administration scholars will be especially drawn to Joyce's perspective on the CBO story, which emphasizes its leaders, organizational culture, and the complex role of expertise in a representative democracy... Whether or not one teaches and researches the federal budget, it is a citizenship imperative to be literate in budget politics, policies, and processes. Joyce's book is an excellent one-stop resource on all of these issues, which together form the core of governance. Congress & the Presidency Essential of those studying public administration and congressional politics and worth a read by all others in political science. Choice The Congressional Budget Office is important reading for those who care about government institutions and their ability to serve the public faithfully. -- Jason Juffras The Public Manager