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Full text of OMB Circular No. A-11 OMB Circular No. A-11 (3.2 mb)

Transmittal Letter (21 kb)
Table of Contents (36 kb)
Guide to the Circular (16 kb)
Crosswalk to the New Structure of the 1999 Revisions (12 kb)
Summary of Changes (13 kb)

PART 1

I. General Information about the Budget
   10. Overview of the budget process (94 kb)
   15. Basic Budget Laws (14 kb)
   20. Terms and Concepts (114 kb)
   25. Applicability, exceptions, and advance approval (9 kb)
   27. Submitting materials to OMB (19 kb)

II. General Information and Policies Relating to Developing Estimates and Proposals
   30. Basic policies and assumptions (13 kb)
   31. Compliance with administration policies and other general requirements (15 kb)
   32. Estimating employment levels, compensation, benefits, and related costs (26 kb)
   33. Estimates related to specific types of programs and expensitures (31 kb)
   34. Proposals requiring coordination with other agencies (7 kb)
   35. Estimates of collections and outlays (9 kb)
   36. Communications with Congress and the public and clearance requirements (14 kb)

III. Developing the Initial Budget Submission
   50. Overview of requirements for the initial submission (7 kb)
   51. Basic justification materials (47 kb)
   52. Information on financial management (69 kb)
   53. Information technology (41 kb)
   54. Rental payments for space and land (51 kb)
   55. Information on energy use, costs, and efficiency (MAX schedule O) (11 kb)
   56. Drug control programs (36 kb)
   57. Violent crime control prgrams (35 kb)
   58. Additional information due with the initial submission (7 kb)

IV. Materials Required after Passback
   70. Overview of requirements after passback (10 kb)
   71. Reporting information by budget account (13 kb)
   72. Responsibilities in reporting data (9 kb)
   79. The budget data system (45 kb)
   80. Development of baseline estimates (16 kb)
   81. Policy and baseline estimates of budget authority, outlays, and receipts