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THE BUDGET DOCUMENTS

Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2008
contains the Budget Message of the President, information on the
President’s priorities, and budget overviews organized by agency.
Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2008 contains analyses that are designed to highlight specified subject areas or provide other significant presentations
of budget data that place the budget in perspective. This volume
includes economic and accounting analyses; information on Federal
receipts and collections; analyses of Federal spending; information
on Federal borrowing and debt; baseline or current services estimates;
and other technical presentations.
The Analytical Perspectives volume also contains a CD-ROM with
several detailed tables, including tables showing the budget by agency
and account and by function, subfunction, and program.

propriation accounts than any of the other budget documents. It
includes for each agency: the proposed text of appropriations language; budget schedules for each account; legislative proposals; explanations of the work to be performed and the funds needed; and
proposed general provisions applicable to the appropriations of entire
agencies or group of agencies. Information is also provided on certain
activities whose outlays are not part of the budget totals.
AUTOMATED SOURCES OF BUDGET INFORMATION

Historical Tables, Budget of the United States Government,
Fiscal Year 2008 provides data on budget receipts, outlays, surpluses or deficits, Federal debt, and Federal employment over an
extended time period, generally from 1940 or earlier to 2008 or 2012.
To the extent feasible, the data have been adjusted to provide consistency with the 2008 Budget and to provide comparability over time.

The information contained in these documents is available in
electronic format from the following sources:
Budget CD-ROM. The CD-ROM contains all of the budget documents in fully indexed PDF format along with the software required
for viewing the documents. The CD-ROM has many of the budget
tables in spreadsheet format. The budget CD-ROM also contains the
material on the separate Analytical Perspectives CD-ROM.
Internet. All budget documents, including documents that are
released at a future date, will be available for downloading in several
formats from the Internet. To access these documents use the
following address:

Appendix, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal
Year 2008 contains detailed information on the various appropriations and funds that constitute the budget and is designed primarily
for the use of the Appropriations Committees. The Appendix contains
more detailed financial information on individual programs and ap-

For more information on access to electronic versions of the budget
documents (except CD-ROMs), call (202) 512–1530 in the D.C. area
or toll-free (888) 293–6498. To purchase the budget CD-ROM or printed documents call (202) 512–1800.

www.budget.gov/budget

GENERAL NOTES
1.

All years referred to are fiscal years, unless otherwise noted.

2.

Detail in this document may not add to the totals due to rounding.

3.

At the time of this writing, only two of the appropriations bills for 2007 had been enacted; therefore, the programs provided
for in the remaining 2007 appropriations bills were operating under a continuing resolution (P.L. 109–289, Division B, as
amended). For these programs, references to 2007 spending in the text and tables reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

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