Briefly describe the transition from a traditional line-item budgeting approach to a performance-based program budgeting approach for the State of Florida. What were the key differences?

Please read the mini-case in Rubin text (p. 142-145, 9th ed.) entitled, “The Executive and the Legislature in Florida’s Budgeting”, and the scholarly article Download scholarly article on Florida’s performance-based program budgeting by VanLandingham et al. After reading the mini-case and the article, please respond to the following questions:

1- Briefly describe the transition from a traditional line-item budgeting approach to a performance-based program budgeting approach for the State of Florida. What were the key differences?

2- Did the implementation of performance-based program budgeting in Florida result in a better budgetary process and outcome? What were the strengths and weaknesses? Did any group disproportionately benefit from the change?

3-Rubin discusses how the shift from line-item to program budgeting was designed to shift power from the legislature to the governor? Was that the outcome? Was this a positive change in legislative-executive relations.

The expected length of your paper is 3 pages, but there is no firm minimum or maximum number of pages. You are encouraged to find and cite outside sources to support your responses to the questions. Your paper does not need to systematically answer these questions in order, but they should be addressed at some point in the whole of the paper. Be sure to cite the module material and readings as part of your explanation and defense. Please write in a concise manner that still comprehensively establishes the identified themes.

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