ACQUISITION WORKFORCE

Acquisition Workforce

Acquisition Workforce

Introduction

In 2008, Acquisition Workforcewas credited as being practiced as the formally recognized national government in 121 countries around the globe, according to Freedom House, an independent watchdog organization that monitors and promotes Acquisition Workforceand human rights. In each of these places, the national character, practices, and influences on Acquisition Workforceare heavily influenced by the history, economy, culture, religious values, and long-standing traditions of each land. For example, few would argue that there are considerable differences in the manner in which Acquisition Workforceis practiced in Great Britain and India; Israel and the United States; Venezuela and Germany; France and Turkey; Spain and Sri Lanka; Ukraine and Mexico. Because of the variations in place-bound democracy, it will be efficient to consider a single model that can serve as a comparison for other countries of the globe. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for the U.S. Congress. Often called the “congressional watchdog,” the GAO investigates how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars.

This chapter will discuss government, the Nonprofit sector, business, and family and their interaction in American democracy. It will establish a context for understanding the overarching polity—all the actions that together compose the political fabric of a community—in the United States. It will also offer definition and insight into the distinctive American civil society, a concept whose product results from the combined workings of government, the nonprofit sector, business, and family. The model will provide an opportunity for students and scholars to establish four benchmark characteristics of Acquisition Workforcefor further comparison to other countries around the globe, which are listed in the closing paragraphs. Finally, readers will note that this chapter focuses on Western underpinnings and experience and does not address issues as experienced by native peoples on the North American continent.

Discussion

The U.S. government reports a budget each fiscal year in accord with Section 9, Article 1, of the U.S. Constitution, which states that “a regular statement of accounting of receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time.” The states have stringent constitutional provisions, requiring construction of budgets, and states impose similar requirements on their local governments.

But what is the value added of a government budget? Government budgets have two major purposes. First, budgets provide information the public needs to evaluate the costs and benefits of public goods and services. This information is fundamental in democracies. Underlying the relations between a democratic government and its citizens is an assumption that government activities are sanctioned by a social contract in which citizens relinquish some freedom in return for public goods and services. Without a budget, this evaluation would be more difficult than it is. (U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2007)

Second, budgets indicate whether governments' expenditure and revenue decisions are financially responsible. Without a budget, it is harder to know if fiscal policy satisfies the government's budget constraints, and it would be difficult, if not impossible, for the public and the government itself to know whether spending, revenue, and ...