This paper is mainly about the process and results of budget scorekeeping for 2011 budget, and also aims to examine requirements for the National Assembly to introduce and utilize the scorekeeping system.
Scorekeeping originally includes the process and the outcome both of which add budget on the existing laws (Baseline), together with the budgetary impact of proposed and enacted laws. However, NABO took inverse approach in order to draw up the scorekeeping tabulation for 2011 budget. First of all, we looked into the newly added budget by the enacted legislation in 2010. Alongside with it, we reorganized the budget based on existing laws and institutions by deducting budgetary impacts of newly enacted laws in 2011 on each department budget.
Based on above analysis, this report suggests three points for the National Assembly to effectively adopt and utilize the scorekeeping system.
1. Attach cost estimation for the amended laws passed in the National Assembly
2. Prepare the extra screening process for discretionary spending bill that exceeds certain amount among the budget-related bills, and then National Assembly should review and pass whether to grant such appropriation for the corresponding bill
3. Share the basic information of ‘Digital Budget and Accounting System’ (so called ‘dBrain’) used in the administration with the aim of boosting cooperation between budget-related departments.
Scorekeeping originally includes the process and the outcome both of which add budget on the existing laws (Baseline), together with the budgetary impact of proposed and enacted laws. However, NABO took inverse approach in order to draw up the scorekeeping tabulation for 2011 budget. First of all, we looked into the newly added budget by the enacted legislation in 2010. Alongside with it, we reorganized the budget based on existing laws and institutions by deducting budgetary impacts of newly enacted laws in 2011 on each department budget.
Based on above analysis, this report suggests three points for the National Assembly to effectively adopt and utilize the scorekeeping system.
1. Attach cost estimation for the amended laws passed in the National Assembly
2. Prepare the extra screening process for discretionary spending bill that exceeds certain amount among the budget-related bills, and then National Assembly should review and pass whether to grant such appropriation for the corresponding bill
3. Share the basic information of ‘Digital Budget and Accounting System’ (so called ‘dBrain’) used in the administration with the aim of boosting cooperation between budget-related departments.
Bill Cost Estimates Team