Circular Letter No. 521

December 27, 2002

TO: Printing and Publishing Officials of the Federal Government

SUBJECT: Rider Requisitions for the Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2004 (bound volumes and CD-ROM)

Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2004 contains the Budget Message of the President, overview discussions, and a discussion of the President's budget and management priorities by agency. This volume contains additional graphics, charts, and photographs, requiring a higher resolution printing on coated paper stock.

(Casebound $27.00; Paper $13.00) Jacket No. 493-720

Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2004 - Appendix presents detailed information on the various appropriations and funds that constitute the budget. It includes for each Government department and agency the text of proposed appropriations language, budget schedules for each account, new legislative proposals, explanations of the work to be performed and the funds needed, and proposed general provisions applicable to the appropriations of entire agencies or groups of agencies.

(Casebound $27.50; Paper $10.50) Jacket No. 193-833

Budget of the United States Government, Analytical Perspectives, Fiscal Year 2004 contains analyses that are designed to highlight specific program areas or provide other significant presentations of budget data that place the budget in perspective.

(Paper $6.00) Jacket No. 193-832

Historical Tables, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2004 provides data on budget receipts, outlays, surpluses or deficits, Federal debt and Federal employment over an extended period of time, generally from FY 1940 or earlier and ending in FY 2008. To the extent feasible, the data has been adjusted to provide consistency with the FY 2004 Budget and to provide comparability over time.

(Paper $4.00) Jacket No. 193-836

Budget of the United States Government, Performance and Management Assessments, Fiscal Year 2004 contains evaluations and analysis of programs and management at federal departments and agencies.

CD-ROM: Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2004. The CD-ROM contains all the budget documents in fully indexed Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format, as well as many of the tables in the Budget in spreadsheet format.

(CD-ROM per disk $4.00) Jacket No. 493-721

The planned release of the Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2004 is early February 2003. The number of pages will not be known until the last moment and the actual rider rates that will be billed are impossible to forecast. However, the approximate costs shown should be sufficient for budgeting purposes. Rider requisitions WILL NOT be accepted after January 17, 2003. Please specify paper or casebound copies. If not specified, paper copies will be furnished. Requests for advance copies cannot be honored.

NOTE: Field or regional activities should coordinate their requirements with their Washington, DC, area headquarters' printing officers before submitting any paperwork.

Sincerely,

JIM BRADLEY
Director, Customer Services