Office of Management and Budget

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1972 Federal Statistical Directory. 23rd edition. Statistical Policy Division, OMB. December 1972. 290 pp. Budget Function/Subfunction: Executive direction and management (802).

Public Availability: GPO, Stock No. 4101-00086, $2. Agency Contact: Phillip B. Larsen, Acting Assistant to the Director for Administration. 395-5163.

This directory lists, by agency and appropriate organizational units, the names and locations of key persons engaged in statistical programs, including not only statisticians and economists, but administrative and managerial personnel involved in statistical programs. It is designed primarily to facilitate communication among the various Federal offices working on statistical programs, and is a companion volume to 'Statistical Services of the United States Government,' last issued in 1968. The Federal statistical system is decentralized, with the responsibility for statistical programs and activities distributed among a number of departments and agencies. The Office of Management and Budget is responsible for coordinating the work of the several departments and agencies. Acccordingly, this office requested each agency to furnish a list of its key professional, technical, and administrstive personnel engaged in such statistical activities as the following: planning and operation of general-purpose data collection programs; planning and evaluation of statistical systems, including data processing and progress reporting; publication and dissemination of general-purpose statistical information; development and application of statistical methods; and analysis and research that make extensive use of statistical data and methodology, including program planning and related activities.

S00110-002

Statistical Reporter. Monthly. Statistical Policy Division, OMB.

Budget Function/Subfunction: Executive direction and management (802).

Public Availability: GPO, $6 a year.

Agency Contact: Phillip B. Larsen, Acting Assistant to the Director for Administration. 395-5163.

This publication presents an overview of major statistical programs of the Federal Government. It is prepared primarily for the interchange of information among Government employees engaged in statistical and research activities. Tables give budget obligations for programs by broad subject area, and by agency. Improvements in statistics related to inflation, local area estimates, and in major programs dealing with social, economic, and periodic programs are described. Current developments in the following are described in detail: 1974 Federal Statistical Directory, 1972 Census of Construction Industries, Advisory Committee on Social Indicators, Services to AFDC Families, Contributions by Low-Income Workers, Statistical Problems in Geographical Analysis, International Economic Indicators, Index of 1970 Census Reports, and International Forum for National Statistical Agencies. Brief descriptions of selected new reporting plans and forms approved by the Office of Management and Budget are included, along with changes in statistical personnel within government

departments, the index for the July-December issues of the Statistical Reporter, and the schedule of release dates for principal Federal economic indicators.

S00110-003

Computer Output Report Inventory, Fiscal Year 1976. Information Systems Division, OMB. April 1975. various pagings.

Budget Function/Subfunction: Executive direction and management (802).

Agency Contact: Phillip D. Larsen, Acting Assistant to the Director for Administration. 395-5163.

This computer output report inventory is intended to inform the Office of Management and Budget of information available from the computer, and to serve as a working document for the Management Information and Computer Systems Division. The reports contained are used in support of the President's Fiscal Year 1976 Budget, excluding Special Analyses. A brief description of the purpose, source, and sequence and summary levels is given for each report, along with a listing of the user, codes, and related reports, and a sample copy. Reports are grouped under the following subsystems: System Support, Treasury Combined Statement, Budget Master File, Receipts System, Budget Summary Tables, Obligations, Controllability, Account Titles, and Linotron. Specific tables with letter designations are also grouped by subsystem: B Tables-Funds in the Budget: D TablesInvestment, Operating, and Other Budget Outlays; E Tables-Federal Credit Analysis; and O Tables-Aid to State and Local Governments.

S00110-004

The Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1976. Appendix. 1975. 1092 pp.

Budget Function/Subfunction: Executive direction and management (802).

Public Availability: GPO, Stock No. 4101-00095, $19.20. Agency Contact: Phillip D. Larsen, Acting Assistant to the Director for Administration. 395-5163.

This report contains detailed information on the various appropriations and funds that comprise the budget, including the proposed text of appropriation language, budget schedules for each account, explanations of the work to be performed and the funds needed, proposed general provisions applicable to the appropriations of entire agencies or groups of agencies and schedules of permanent positions. Supplemental proposals for the current year and new legislative proposals are identified separately. Information is also provided on certain activities, whose outlays are not part of the budget total.

S00110-005

The Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1976. 1975. 384 pp.

Budget Function/Subfunction: Executive direction and management (802).

Public Availability: GPO, $3.45.

Agency Contact: Phillip B. Larsen, Acting Assistant to the Director for Administration. 395-5163.

This document contains the information that most users of the budget would normally need, including the

Budget Message of the President. It presents an overview of the President's budget proposals which includes explanations of Federal spending programs and estimated receipts. Also contained are a description of the budget system, various summary tables on the budget as a whole, and tables pertaining to the transition to the new fiscal year. A Budget Accounts Listing details the budgets of the Federal program by agency and account.

S00110-006

The United States Budget in Brief, Fiscal Year 1976. 1975. 64 pp.

Budget Function/Subfunction: Executive direction and management (802).

Public Availability: GPO, Stock No. 4101-00096, $1.15. Agency Contact: Phillip B. Larsen, Acting Assistant to the Director for Administration. 395-5163.

This report summarizes the budget of the Federal Government for 1976. Major budget recommendations include: 1) income tax relief of $16 billion in 1975 and 1976--$12 billion for individuals, and $4 billion for businesses; 2) greatly increased aid to the unemployed, totalling $17.5 billion in insurance benefits; 3) an import fee on oil, and taxes on domestically produced petroleum and natural gas and on their producers; 4) a rebate to compensate users for the resulting higher energy costs; 5) an increase in outlays for defense of $8.8 billion; 6) a one year moratorium on new Federal spending programs other than energy programs; and 7) a temporary 5 percent ceiling on increases in pay for Federal employees, and on those Federal benefit payments to individuals that are tied to the cost of living. Total outlays equal $349 billion, an increase of $36 billion over 1975; anticipated receipts total $298 billion, an increase of $19 billion over 1975. This results in a budget deficit of $52 billion. The budget related to the Federal program is summarized by function. Also included are descriptions of budget receipts, the long range outlook, and the budget process. Statistical budget tables, and glossary are provided.

S00110-007

Special Analyses, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1976. 1975. 281 pp.

Budget Function/Subfunction: Executive direction and management (802).

Public Availability: GPO, $2.70.

Agency Contact: Phillip D. Larsen, Acting Assistant to the Director for Administration. 395-5163.

This publication contains 17 special analyses that are designed to highlight specified program areas or provide other significant presentations of Federal budget data. Included is analytical information about Government finances and operations as a whole and how they affect the economy; Government-wide program and financial information for Federal education, manpower, health, income security, civil rights, and crime-reduction programs; and trends and developments in the areas of Federal aid to state and local governments, research and development, and environmental protection.

S00110-008

Social Indicators, 1973; selected statistics on social conditions and trends in the United States. Statistical Policy Division, OMB. 1973. 258 pp.

Budget Function/Subfunction: Executive direction and management (802).

Public Availability: GPO, Stock No. 0324-00256, $7.80. Agency Contact: Phillip D. Larsen, Acting Assistant to the Director for Administration. 395-5163.

This book contains a collection of statistics selected and organized to describe social conditions and trends in the United States. Eight major social areas are examined: health, public safety, education, employment, housing, leisure and recreation, and population. Within each of these categories, broad areas of social interest--or social concerns--have been identified. In the area of health, for example, the identified social concerns are long life, life free from disability, and access to medical care. The concerns have been defined and selected to reveal the general status of the entire population; to depict conditions that are, or are likely to be, dealt with by national policies; and to encompass many of the important issues facing the Unites States. For each of the identified social concerns, one or more indicators--statistical measures of important aspects of the concerns.. have been identified. The choice of indicators is based on two main criteria. These are that the indicators measure individual and family, rather than institutional or governmental, well-being and that they measure end products of, rather than imputes into, social systems. In education, for example, the indicators were selected to measure individual achievements and attainment rather than inputs--such as school budgets, classroom construction, and the number of teachers.

S00110-009

1975 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. Ninth edition. 1975. various pagings.

Budget Function/Subfunction: Executive direction and management (802).

Public Availability: GPO, $17.

Agency Contact: Phillip D. Larsen, Acting Assistant to the Director of Administration. 395-5163.

This catalog is a comprehensive listing and description of 1,009 Federal programs and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the public. These programs are administered by 54 different Federal departments, independent agencies, commissions, and councils. The primary purpose of the Catalog is to aid potential beneficiaries in identifying and obtaining available assistance. It is also intended to improve coordination and communication on Federal program activities on Federal, state and local levels. Each program is described in terms of the specific type of assistance provided, the purpose for which it is available, who can apply for it, and how they should apply. Federal offices to be contacted for additional information are also identified. Programs, activities, and services included in the catalog are: grants, loans, loan guarantees, scholarships, mortgage loans, insurance or other types of financial assistance; assistance in the form or provision of Federal property, facilities, equipment, goods or services; technical assistance, counseling, and training; statistical and other expert information; and service activities of regulatory agencies. Detailed instructions and indexes are provided to facilitate use of the Catalog.

S00110-010

Standard Industrial Classification Manual. Statistical Policy Division, OMB. 1972. 649 pp.

Budget Function/Subfunction: Executive direction and management (802).

Public Availability: GPO, Stock No. 4101-0066, $6.75. Agency Contact: Phillip B. Larsen, Acting Assistant to the Director for Administration. 395-5163.

This manual contains a complete list of every defined industry in the United States, and as such contains a listing of thousands of industries. What is referred to as the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) was developed for use in the classification of establishments by type of activity in which they are engaged. This was done for the purpose of facilitating the collection, tabulation, presentation, and analysis of data relating to establishments; and for promoting uniformity and comparability in the presentation of statistical data collected by the various agencies of the U.S. Government, state agencies, trade associations, and private research organizations. The SIC is intended to cover the entire field of economic activities, including agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, and trapping; mining; construction; manufacturing; transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sani. tary services; wholesale and retail trade; and many others.

S00110-011

Federal Information Exchange System (FIXS).

Budget Function/Subfunction: Executive direction and management (802).

Agency Contact: Phillip D. Larsen, Acting Assistant to the Director for Administration. 395-5163.

The purpose of this system is to collect and disseminate information on Federal outlays by geographic location in the 50 states, territories and other areas administered by the United States. Obligations of all Government administered funds, except for those transactions which are not to the public, are reported by agency, program and type of assistance on a fiscal year basis for states, counties and incorporated cities over 25,000 in population. Additionally, the data are summarized at state and national levels by agency, program, Federal influence activities and budget function. A highlight of the summaries are tables which provide state rankings in terms of Federal outlays received by organizational unit, demographic characteristics and major functional classification. The system is operated for the Executive Office of the President by the Community Services Administration, and is a joint effort by the Federal Departments and Agencies. Copies of Federal Outlays reports are available from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Springfield, Virginia 22151.

S00110-012

Budget Preparation System (BPS).

Budget Function/Subfunction: Executive direction and management (802).

Agency Contact: Phillip D. Larsen, Acting Assistant to the Director for Administration. 395-5163.

The Budget Preparation System Master File contains approximately 31,500 records and consists of the following basic record types: (1) Program and Finance (P & F) Schedule data; (2) Object Classification Schedule

data; (3) Federal credit data; (4) supplementary source document (SSD) data; and (5) receipt data. The information contained in these data provide all or a major portion of the data required to produce some of the several tables and analyses appearing in the Budget of the United States. A Master Account Title (MAT) File contains the titles of functions, agencies, bureaus and accounts that appear in the budget. The purpose of the MAT file is to provide titles for agencies, bureaus, and appropriation accounts as well as to maintain the integrity of the Budget Preparation System by ensuring that data applicable to a specific agency or bureau or data applicable to the appropriation accounts are properly processed and maintained. The MAT file is maintained in both batch and interactive modes. All subsystems of the Budget Preparation System (BPS) are dependent on the MAT file except that of the Treasury Combined Statement. Content of records may be altered as required by use of the Budget Update System.

S00110-013

Budget Status System (BSS).

Budget Function/Subfunction: Executive direction and management (802).

Agency Contact: Phillip D. Larsen, Acting Assistant to the Director for Administration. 395-5163.

The Budget Status System (BSS) encompases the set of programs which are most frequently used in storing, modifying, displaying, and analyzing budget information. This system includes programs which may be used to: (1) extract records from a Master File; (2) sort a Master File into a user-defined reorder sequence; (3) produce tabular reports; (4) edit/update (validate, add, delete or rearrange) a Master File; (5) list an entire file or selected records from a Master File; (6) perform special updates on a Master File; and, (7) save current output of any of the foregoing operations for the user. The user may execute any or all of these programs by calling the Budget Status System and specifying the names of the input and output files he will need. Only those files which will actually be accessed during the run need be specified. When the Budget Status System is called, it will prompt the user for the function to be executed.

S00110-014

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Magnetic Tape System.

Budget Function/Subfunction: Executive direction and management (802).

Agency Contact: Phillip D. Larsen, Acting Assistant to the Director for Administration. 395-5163.

For each of the more than 1,000 programs listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA), an automated text record and characteristics record are maintained. The text record consists of full-text material for each program in the Catalog. Each major and subitem heading is preceded by a unique flag. Text information for a particular item can be extracted by scanning the text record for the unique item flag. The characteristics record consists of coded text material tc identify the agency administering the program, coordina tion and notification requirements, type of grant, obliga. tional and loan information, type of assistance, applican eligibility, authorization data, etc. This system enables updating and interrogation of CFDA records for analyti cal, managerial and publication purposes.

S00110-015

The OMB Long Range Projection System. Technical Paper Series. Budget Review Division, OMB. BRD/FAB 75-8. December 12, 1975. 8 pp.

Budget Function/Subfunction: Executive direction and management (802).

Agency Contact: Phillip B. Larsen, Acting Assistant to the Director for Administration, OMB. 395-5163.

The purpose of the long range budget projections, produced by the Office of Management and Budget, has been to provide a broad overview of to what extent existing programs and current Administration proposals commit anticipated future budget receipts. As broad overviews, these projections have appeared routinely in the Budget since 1971. At first, these published projections were limited to somewhat general statements and dealt only with total outlays and receipts. More recently, the projections have been more detailed. For instance, the 1976 Budget shows economic assumptions, receipts by source, outlays by controllability category, full-employ ment receipts outlays, and budget authority and outlays by both major agency and function. This technical staff paper explains the process utilized in developing the projections, discusses how specific programs are projected, and describes the new Budget Update System (BUS) utilized in generating the current services budget, the April and July mid-session reports and the long range estimates to be used in the budget.

S00110-016

The OMB Model to Project Interest on the Public Debt. Technical Paper Series. Budget Review Division, OMB. BRD/FAB 75-5. August 11, 1975. 10 pp. + attachment. Budget Function/Subfunction: Executive direction and management (802).

Agency Contact: Phillip B. Larsen, Acting Assistant to the Director for Administration, OMB. 395-5163.

The OMB model to project interest accrued on the public debt, first developed in the Fall of 1972, estimates budget outlays for interest on the public debt under alternative interest rate and borrowing assumptions. The model uses the public debt data published in the Treasury Department's Monthly Statement of the Public Debt of the United States (MSPD). The MSPD provides a detailed list of Treasury debt issues outstanding, showing the dollar amount of each issue outstanding, the date on which it was issued, the date on which it is payable, and the interest rate at which it was financed. This model calculates only interest on the public debt of the United States. (The government also pays interest on agency debt securities, tax refunds held longer than the statutory limit, and on agencies' uninvested funds held by the Treasury.) This technical staff paper is divided into two parts. Part I discusses the major categories of the public debt and how interest is accrued on each of these categories. Part II discusses the computer model itself and how it is operated and maintained.

S00110-017

Automatic Cost-of-Living Increases in Federal Programs. Technical Paper Series. Budget Review Division, OMB. BRD/FAB 75-2. July 30, 1975. 8 pp. + attachment. Budget Function/Subfunction: Executive direction and management (802).

Agency Contact: Phillip B. Larsen, Acting Assistant to the Director for Administration, OMB. 395-5163.

In recent years, a number of Federal benefit programs have been modified to include statutory provisions tying benefit increases to the cost of living. In fiscal year 1974, more than 25 percent of budget outlays were for programs with such provisions. These cost-ofliving increases vary from program to program, occurring at different times with different frequencies and by different percentages. Recent rapid inflation has focused attention on the specific ways in which these adjustments are made. Part I of this technical staff paper describes the mechanics of these adjustments for all indexed Federal programs. Part II discusses the OMB computer model that is used to develop price assumptions and the corresponding percentage increases in benefit payments.

S00110-018

The Functional Classification in the Budget. Technical Paper Series. Budget Review Division, OMB. BRD/FAB 75-7. November 17, 1975. 9 pp. + attachments. Budget Function/Subfunction: Executive direction and management (802).

Agency Contact: Phillip B. Larsen, Acting Assistant to the Director for Administration, OMB. 395-5163.

The functional classification is one of the principal methods of classifying budgetary data. This classification has been used for nearly three decades as the framework for discussing the President's program in the budget document. The historical data tables for outlays in the budget are presented almost exclusively in functional terms, thereby providing a consistent basis for comparing changes in spending over a period of time. In addition, the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-344) requires that the Congress exercise control over the budget through use of targets by function. This provision means that the functional classification will not only be used to display the budget, but also to control it. This technical staff paper is designed to provide background information. about the functional classification in order to facilitate understanding of the system, its uses and its limitations.

S00110-019

Method of Projecting Outlays for Unemployment Assistance. Technical Paper Series. Budget Review Division, OMB. BRD/FAB 75-6. Ocotber 1, 1975. 9 pp.

Budget Function/Subfunction: Executive direction and management (802).

Agency Contact: Phillip B. Larsen, Acting Assistant to the Director for Administration, OMB. 395-5163.

Unemployment assistance outlays currently are among the most volatile of uncontrollable outlays in the Federal budget. Because unemployment rates are now outside the range of previous post World War II experience, and because recent legislation has extended benefits and coverage beyond previous experience, revised methods for projecting unemployment assistance outlays have evolved during the past year. While the method described in this technical staff paper is that being employed by OMB as of the date of publication, it is in no sense final. As new data become available or new unemployment assistance programs are enacted, further changes will be made. The present system for estimating unemployment assistance outlays consists of separate computer models to project (1) unemployment insurance