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THE BUDGET DOCUMENTS

Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2009
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 2009 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 supplemental material with several detailed tables, including tables showing the budget by agency and account and by function, subfunction, and program,
that is available on the Internet and as a CD-ROM in the printed
document.
Historical Tables, Budget of the United States Government,
Fiscal Year 2009 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 2009 or 2013.
To the extent feasible, the data have been adjusted to provide consistency with the 2009 Budget and to provide comparability over time.
Appendix, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal
Year 2009 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 appropriation 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 transactions are not part of the budget totals.
AUTOMATED SOURCES OF BUDGET INFORMATION
The information contained in these documents is available in
electronic format from the following sources:
Internet. All budget documents, including documents that are released at a future date, spreadsheets of many of the budget tables,
and a public use budget database are available for downloading in
several formats from the Internet. Links to documents and materials
from budgets of prior years are also provided. To access these documents use the following address:

www.budget.gov/budget
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 and also contains the materials that
are included on the separate Analytical Perspectives CD-ROM.
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.

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.

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