POLI 353, Government Budgeting, has a special instructor this spring, and will focus on Baltimore City issues.  The instructor is Andrew Kleine, who became Baltimore’s budget director in 2008, after nearly 15 years of federal government service that included budget and policy positions in the U.S. Department of Transportation, White House Office of Management and Budget, and Corporation for National and Community Service.  He is a nationally recognized leader in budgeting for outcomes, long-term financial planning, Lean Government, and pension and health benefit reform.