Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09PRAGUE199
2009-04-10 09:07:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Prague
Cable title:
FY09 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO CENTRAL
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UNCLAS PRAGUE 000199
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EEB/IFD/OMA JJACOBY AND EUR/CE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON PREL EZ
SUBJECT: FY09 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO CENTRAL
GOVERNMENTS WHOSE BUDGETS ARE NOT TRANSPARENT
REF: SECSTATE 28885
UNCLAS PRAGUE 000199
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EEB/IFD/OMA JJACOBY AND EUR/CE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON PREL EZ
SUBJECT: FY09 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO CENTRAL
GOVERNMENTS WHOSE BUDGETS ARE NOT TRANSPARENT
REF: SECSTATE 28885
1. (SBU) The following answers are keyed to the questions in
reftel paragraph 3.
2. (SBU) The Czech Republic receives FMF and IMET funds.
3. (SBU) The Czech Republic's state budget is publicly
available. The Ministry of Finance posts the Czech
Republic's state budget on its website.
4. (SBU) Incomes and expenditures are included in the
publicly-available budget.
5. (SBU) The Czech budget system is transparent. The
publicly-available budget fairly accurately reflects actual
government incomes and expenditures, although actual income
depends on the performance of the economy (i.e. the level of
tax receipts) and has been both above and below budget
projections in past years. The Finance Ministry publishes on
its website a full account of the previous year's budget,
including actual income and expenditures occurred.
Thompson-Jones
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EEB/IFD/OMA JJACOBY AND EUR/CE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON PREL EZ
SUBJECT: FY09 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO CENTRAL
GOVERNMENTS WHOSE BUDGETS ARE NOT TRANSPARENT
REF: SECSTATE 28885
1. (SBU) The following answers are keyed to the questions in
reftel paragraph 3.
2. (SBU) The Czech Republic receives FMF and IMET funds.
3. (SBU) The Czech Republic's state budget is publicly
available. The Ministry of Finance posts the Czech
Republic's state budget on its website.
4. (SBU) Incomes and expenditures are included in the
publicly-available budget.
5. (SBU) The Czech budget system is transparent. The
publicly-available budget fairly accurately reflects actual
government incomes and expenditures, although actual income
depends on the performance of the economy (i.e. the level of
tax receipts) and has been both above and below budget
projections in past years. The Finance Ministry publishes on
its website a full account of the previous year's budget,
including actual income and expenditures occurred.
Thompson-Jones