In our season 4 premier, we're in DC for the at the GFOA conference. In this episode we discuss challenges and opportunities around performance budgeting, cost allocation, getting buy-in for some of the challenging issues. Joined by panelists Laura Larsen who became Baltimore’s Budget Director in September 2022 leading a fifteen-member team responsible for developing and implementing Baltimore’s $3.3 billion operating budget and currently serving on the Budget Committee for the Government Finance Officers Association. Michael Mastrobuoni, the current Budget Director for the City of Somerville, Massachusetts responsible or managing the city's annual operating budget and works. Karen Rhodes-Whitley director of budget & research, City of Plano, Texas leading the City of Plano's $1.2 billion operating and capital budget and serves as chair of GFOA's Committee on Retirement and Benefits Administration. And  Richard Greene, principal of Barrett and Greene, Inc. who was also the moderator of the panel.