Even in good times, public-sector budgeting is never painless. Government budgeting always involves tough decisions and compromises among a host of competing demands and constituencies under the lens of transparency. But the current economic climate has made decision-making all the more challenging as public officials struggle to reduce spending in areas that have the least impact on the people they serve.

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Learn why SAP Public Budget Formulation is an indispensable application for formulating budgets.

The application enables you to:

• Optimize the allocation of scarce public resources based on accurate, timely information.
• Streamline your budgeting processes and automate key budget outputs including budget-book publishing.
• Focus budget staff on high-value-added activities with comprehensive software that staff members can tailor to their needs.
• Perform "what-if" analysis of personnel expenditures to support decision-making for budget formulation, collective bargaining, and budget management.
• Use powerful analytics, modeling, and reporting functionality to perform real-time decision-support analysis.
• Create strategic plans and tie budgetary decisions to strategic imperatives, operational performance, or outcomes.
• Track actual expenditures and revenues throughout the year to proactively identify fiscal trends and budgetary-compliance issues.

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• Tom Byrne, Managing Member, T. Byrne & Associates
• David Wiggins, Business Development Manager, SAP Americas
• Eric Schmidt, Executive Director, AT&T