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Fiscal Affairs Program

Governing for Results

Delaware

Links active December 2003

Overview: The Delaware Governmental Accountability Act of 1996 requires the Budget Director and Controller General to revise the budget document to include for each agency: a mission statement; a performance measure for each Internal Program Unit; departmental organizational charts; a section in the budget book providing details on agency background and accomplishments; and a section in the budget book describing the link between the proposed allocation of services and what programs and /or services each agency will be able to accomplish.

The annual budget submission must reflect the above elements and the Director of each agency must discuss the agency's mission statement, performance measures and funding requests with the Joint Finance Committee during budget hearings.

Statutory Requirements: 70 Del Laws, c492 §1

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The act requires agencies to develop mission statements and performance measures for each Internal Program Unit (IPU). It requires organizational charts for departments and sections in the budget book describing agency background and accomplishments and the link between the proposed allocation of services and what programs and /or services the agency will be able to accomplish.

Agencies:

• Controller General: http://www.legis.state.de.us/Legislature.nsf/Lookup/Controller_General?open
• Office of the Budget: http://www.state.de.us/budget/default.shtml

Manuals and Instructions:

The FY 2001 Budget Process Workshop includes information on preparing mission statements and other strategic planning and performance reporting requirements:

Strategic Planning: Strategic Planning Guidelines - Office of the Budget
Strategic Planning

Updated December 2002, reviewed December 2003.
Email statebudget-info@ncsl.org for more information.
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