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The premise of performance budgeting is simple: Resource allocation should follow achievement in efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery. Mostpublic managers would agree that a performance approach to budgeting is useful. In fact, we assert that public budgeting systems often have a performance component. Some systems are formal, encompassing most agencies and departments; others are informal, applying only to selected programs. Budget analysts routinely consider how well a program has performed in the prior and current years of operation when they offer a recommendation forthe next fiscal year. Senior administrators also consider performance, including how programmatic goals …