Budget
Budget Analysis and Reporting System (BARS)
2008 BARS Manual
- Cover (184 kb pdf)
- Spine (188 kb pdf)
- 2008 BARS Manual, includes Table of Contents and Appendix (7.33MB pdf)
- 2007 Budget Award (179 kb pdf)
Table of Contents
Chapter One: Introduction (146kb pdf)
- Budget Base
- Fiscal Environment
- Using the BARS Manual
- Budget Process Timeline
Chapter Two: BARS General Procedures (345kb pdf)
- Overview of Bars
- Security and Access
- BARS Logon and the Main Menu
- Reporting Levels
- Copying, Selecting, and Deleting Budget Versions
- Subschedule Copy
- Default Funding
- Help
Chapter Three: Getting Started (290kb pdf)
- System Overview
- Overview of Steps Involved in Preparing a Budget Request
- Fund Source Control
- Change Package Description
- Cost to Continue
Chapter Four: Salary Budget Instructions (447kb pdf)
- Position Data
- Calculation Information
- Benefit Calculation
- Allocation Tab
- Salary Increase
- Funding Reallocation
Chapter Five: Budget Request Summary (171kb pdf)
- Budget Request Summary
Chapter Six: Budget Subschedules (371kb pdf)
- Operating Expenses
- Capital Projects
- Extraordinary Repairs
- Other Capital Payments
- Equipment Over $5,000
- IT Equipment and Software Over $5,000
- Grants Summary
Chapter Seven: Supplementary Subschedules (367kb pdf)
- Lease Purchase Agreements
- Licensing, Regulation, Inspection
- General Fund Collections
- Continuing Appropriations
- Telecommute Analysis
- Special Fund Balance
- IT Capture
Chapter Eight: Narrative (310kb pdf)
- Narrative
- Agency-wide Narrative Fields
- Program Narrative
- Capital Projects
- IT Capture
- Telecommute Analysis
- Continuing Appropriations
- Change Package Description
Chapter Nine: Completing the Budget Request (170kb pdf)
- Validating the Budget
- Submitting Your Budget Request
Chapter Ten: Building the IT Plan (507kb pdf)
- Legislative Intent
- IT Plan Development
- IT Capture Screens
- Key Steps to Ensure Linkages to the Agency Budget Request
- Overview of Steps Involved in Completing the IT Capture Screens
- IT Capture Selection
- IT Capture Infrastructure
- IT Capture Projects
- IT Capture Detail
Chapter Eleven: Reports (364kb pdf)
- Budget Request Reports
- Salary Reports
- Subschedule Reports
- Miscellaneous Reports
- Submitting Budget Request
- Publications
Chapter Twelve: Glossary (132kb pdf)
Appendix (3.31MB pdf)
- Agency and Analyst List (25 kb pdf)
- Billing Rates (684 kb pdf)
- Budget Process Timeline (9 kb pdf)
- Building and Infrastructure (320 kb pdf)
- Fringe Benefit Codes (45 kb pdf)
- Job Classification Index (597 kb pdf)
- Legislatively Authorized FTE (41 kb pdf)
- Revenue and Expenditure Accounts (76 kb pdf)
- Special Fund Listing (213 kb pdf)