Hello Colleagues –
Welcome to the FY 2022 budget season! It is later than we would have liked, but is shaping up to be one of our more exciting seasons. The inclusion of stimulus funds from the American Rescue Plan Act adds a completely new dimension to Council’s oversight this year.
i would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone of the resources available at the Office of the Budget Director’s website, in particular the FY 2022 Key Documents Page and the FY 2022 Budget Lookup Tool .
We hope that the FY 2022 Key Documents Page can serve as your one stop location for all things budget. We have links to the budget books and budget legislation and will continue to update the page regularly with useful information.
My favorite new feature on our website is the Budget Lookup Tool (h/t to Errol and Ali). This lookup tool makes in-depth budget data more transparent and accessible both during budget oversight and throughout the fiscal year. By using this tool, you will be able to look up budget numbers for any District agency by Agency/Program/Activity/Service/CSG/Fund Type and compare FY 2020 Actuals to FY 2021 Approved to FY 2022 Proposed. We hope this tool will help you conduct budget queries in a fraction of the time that it would take to flip through the budget books.
The Budget Office is looking forward to working with you over the next several months. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to your analyst or directly to me.
Thanks much,
Jen Budoff, Budget Director, Council of the District of Columbia