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The New York City Independent Budget Office (IBO) is a publicly funded agency of New York City that provides nonpartisan information about the city's budget and local economy to the public and their elected officials. The office has no policymaking role. ==Role of the agency== The Independent Budget Office presents budgetary reviews, economic forecasts, and policy analyses in the form of reports, testimony, memos, letters, and presentations. The agency also releases an annual volume of budget options for New York City, produces guides to understanding the budget, and provides online access to key revenue and spending data from past years. Because the information IBO provides is independent of the interests of the Mayor, the agency also serves as a counterbalance to the Mayor’s executive powers in the budget process, including control of budget-related data.〔Barrett, Wayne. ("A Bloomberg Score Card: The Mayor's Hits and Misses," ) ''The Village Voice'': October 13, 2009.〕 Each year IBO publishes three reports required by the City Charter. The Fiscal Outlook, issued prior to the upcoming fiscal year, provides an independent forecast of revenue and spending for the year ahead. The Analysis of the Preliminary Budget offers a comprehensive review of the Mayor’s proposals. This report is followed by an Analysis of the Executive Budget that highlights changes from the preliminary plan. IBO also regularly produces fiscal briefs on critical issues confronting the city. These publications have covered important topics such as city spending on schools 〔Einhorn, Erin. ("New Schools A Nonstarter? Albany Budget Wrecks Building Plans, Ed Big Sez," ) ''New York Daily News'': March 19, 2008〕 progress and prospects for completing the Mayor’s housing plan,〔Fung, Amanda. ("Mayor's Affordable Housing Plan On Track," ) ''Crain's New York'': June 29, 2012〕 the tax burden on city residents including property taxes, the fiscal impact of financing sports stadiums, and the cost of recycling. The IBO Weblog provides concise, accessible and timely information on current fiscal issues. In addition, IBO testifies at public hearings and makes presentations to the New York City Council committees and caucuses, individual members of the City Council, Borough Presidents, and other elected officials and their staffs, as well as to community boards, civic groups, and other organizations. Public officials, civic and community groups, academics, advocates, union officials and members, students, members of the media and others can reach out to IBO to provide answers to a wide range of questions—from the budget of a particular agency or program to more complex budget, tax or, fiscal issues requiring in-depth research and analysis. Some of the questions posed to IBO are answered in the form of fiscal briefs or other publications. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New York City Independent Budget Office」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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