Public-Private Partnership in the United States

Public-Private Partnership in the Federal Budget Process

Meaning of Public-Private Partnership in the congressional and executive budget processes (GAO source): An arrangement between a public agency (federal, state, or local) and a for-profit corporation. Each sector (public and private) contributes skills and assets in delivering a service or facility for the use of the general public or the parties to the partnership.

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See Also

• Federal Appropriations
• Entries about the United States Budget Process in the Encyclopedia (including Public-Private Partnership)
• Public Debt

Further Reading

• Legislatures and the budget process: the myth of fiscal control

  (J Wehner, 2010)

• Reconcilable Differences?: Congress, the Budget Process, and the Deficit (JB Gilmour, 1990)
• Fiscal institutions and fiscal performance

  (JM Poterba, J von Hagen, 2008)