Four books every Obama administration official should read:
1. The Bible
2. Zero-Base Budgeting: A Practical Management Tool for Evaluating Expenses (Wiley series on systems & controls for financial management) by Peter A. Pyhrr
3. Budgeting for Managers by Sid Kemp and Eric Dunbar
4. Control yourself!: Practicing the Art of Self-discipline by D.G. Kehl