He brushed aside criticism from the state legislature's budget analyst that his proposal would trigger more automatic spending.

Over the years his positions included: management trainee, computer programmer, budget analyst, commercial lender, product manager, and supervisor.

Examples can be budget analysts and general supply specialists.

When referring to federal discretionary spending as a whole, many budget analysts make a distinction between defense and non-defense discretionary spending.

Congress' budget analysts estimated that the program's trust funds would be depleted in 2052, and something had to be done to save the program.