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An Overview of Unobligated Balances in Civil Agencies

PAD-78-48 Published: Apr 01, 1978. Publicly Released: Apr 01, 1978.
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Highlights

The growth in the past 5 years in unobligated balances of Federal and trust funds and in unliquidated obligations has raised concern about the validity and credibility of funding requests and about the ability of Federal agencies to carry out planned programs in a timely manner.

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Budget and Spending
Budget authorityFederal agenciesFederal fundsFunds managementNonappropriated federal fundsProgram managementProjectionsTrust fundsVeteransCivil service