Perceptions of the expenditure budget process: survey of federal and provincial legislators and public servants

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This paper presents the results of a mailed questionnaire survey of a sample of elected and appointed officials in the federal and provincial levels of government in which the respondents' opinions were requested concerning some procedural, technical and political aspects of the expenditure budget process in their jurisdictions. The results were tabulated so as to permit comparisons between the opinions of respondents within each of the two levels of government and from politicians and bureaucrats at each level separately and at both levels combined. There were three unstated hypotheses to be tested: whether political rather than technical barriers inhibit the evaluation of government expenditure programs; whether politicians are more "realistic" than bureaucrats; and whether officials, both elected and appointed, at the provincial level of government are more "realistic" than those at the federal level. The evidence obtained seems to support, although obviously in a non-rigorous fashion, the first two propositions; the third is not supported. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Canada, Political aspects, Surveys, Expenditures, Public, Public expenditures, Public officers, Government officials

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Moonlighting: the practical problems

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Employers need to develop policies on employee moonlighting and communicate them clearly. The employer has a legitimate interest in seeing that work performance is not affected, that conflicts of interest are avoided, and that employer reputation is not affected. There is no evidence to suggest frequent problems when employees engage in moonlighting, so complex administration approval systems are inappropriate for handling those relatively few problems that occur. Conflicts may be effectively resolved on an individual basis.

Analysis, Laws, regulations and rules, Human resource management, Supplementary employment

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