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It's Time to "SAVE" More
Read moreOMB and the President have just kicked off the 2nd annual SAVE Awards, a contest that allows federal employees to submit their ideas to save money for...
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Peter's Leaving
Read moreThe choice of who will replace Peter Orszag at OMB is a critical one. We were thrilled when President Obama chose Orszag, Summers, and Geithner, to be...
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OMB Keeps Chipping Away
Read moreWe reported last week many times on efforts by the Obama Administration to save small chunks of change (see here, here, and here.) But they're not...
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Another Savings Idea, Brought to You by the White House
Read moreThe Obama Administration has been putting out a flurry (see here and here) of modest savings proposals over the past few weeks. The latest comes in a...
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More News on the Spending Front!
Read moreThe Obama Administration is looking at spending once again. A day after the White House announced a plan to encourage savings by executive agencies...
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Improper Payments Are a Start--But Cuts Must Go Deeper
Read moreIn an OMBlog today, OMB director Peter Orszag applauded the House's passage of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act. Improper payments...
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House Spenders Question Administration Troika on Deficits, Fiscal Commission, and Job Growth
Read moreIn today’s hearing before the full House Appropriations Committee, the troika (OMB Director Peter Orszag, Treasury Secretary Geithner, and Dr...
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The 90 percent Debt-to-GDP Threshold and CBO’s New Debt Estimates
Read moreOn March 5, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) gave us a preview of its take on the President’s budget proposals for Fiscal Year 2011 (starting...
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CBO Releases its Preliminary Analysis of the President's Budget
Read moreThis afternoon CBO released its preliminary analysis of the President’s Budget, projecting a significantly worse fiscal situation than the...
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No Gimmicks? Really?
Read moreIn a blog yesterday and op-ed today, OMB Director Peter Orszag defended the President's health care plan as reducing "deficits by roughly $100 billion...
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Accounting for Fannie and Freddie
Read moreAn editorial yesterday in the Wall Street Journal called on the Administration to support the reform of the two housing financing enterprises...
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Budget Reform Proposals in the President's FY 2011 Budget
Read moreAlthough our initial analysis of the President's Budget focused on his ten-year budget plan, the Budget itself includes much, much more. Nestled in...