Public Budgeting Systems

Robert D. Lee, Jr., PhD, is Professor Emeritus from Penn State University, where he taught courses in public budgeting and public personnel management for 37 years.' He was the 2004 recipient of the Aaron Wildavsky Award, which honors lifetime scholarship on public budgeting and financial management.' Ronald W. Johnson, PhD retired in 2014 after a forty (40) year career with RTI International. He led RTI's International Development Group, first as vice president, then executive vice president. He is an expert in local government, municipal service delivery, decentralization, urban infrastructure financing, and post-conflict governance. He also taught public budgeting and public policy during seven years on the faculties of the Institute of Public Administration and the Political Science Department at Penn State University prior to moving to RTI International. Philip G. Joyce is Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland.' He has extensive experience in budget at both the state and national levels, having worked both for the Illinois Bureau of the Budget and the Congressional Budget Office.' He was the 2012 recipient of the Aaron Wildavsky Award.