Thomas J. Cuny

Thomas J. Cuny received the award for his lifetime achievement in developing the conceptual framework used for budget accounting and analysis in the federal government. He was with OMB for 25 years, first as the fiscal economist for the budget review division, and then as the principal analyst for the budget analyses division. He received two OMB Director’s Awards, first for his work on the conceptual framework (1983) and then for his analysis on the adoption of a federal capital budget (1987). In 1990, he transferred to the Congressional Budget Office as principal analyst in the Budget Concepts and Process group and retired in 1995. His articles in Public Budgeting & Finance were on offsetting collections (1988), federal receipts (1989), federal credit reform (1991), federal accounting (1994), and federal budget concepts (1998).