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Not Your Reg-ular Blog Post
Posted byon March 30, 2009 at 7:53 PM EDTI know most of OMBlog’s readers are budget wonks – or “propellerheads” to use the now-popular White House term – but OMB also takes a very active and serious role in the management of the federal government, and that includes the regulatory agenda.
Learn more aboutClimbing the Hill
Posted byon March 25, 2009 at 5:26 PM EDTToday is a big day in the budget world as the House and Senate Budget Committees kicked off Congressional action on the federal budget with their markups of the budget resolutions.
Learn more aboutCBO's New Numbers
Posted byon March 20, 2009 at 1:55 PM EDTCBO released its re-estimate of the President’s Budget today.
Learn more aboutFunding for Domestic Programs in the Budget
Posted byon March 18, 2009 at 2:46 PM EDTHow much does the Administration’s FY 2010 Budget increase domestic programs this coming year? If you listen to some critics, you would think that the answer is “the biggest increase ever.” But if you approach the question analytically . . .
Learn more aboutFair and Square: NDD Spending to Historic Lows
Posted byon March 13, 2009 at 9:27 AM EDTAs I’ve blogged about before, the President’s Budget brings non-defense discretionary spending (NDD) down to its lowest level as share of GDP since 1962.
Learn more aboutThe Fiscal Impact of Winding Down a War
Posted byon March 6, 2009 at 4:47 PM EDTThe President is committed to responsibly winding the war down. I don’t do foreign policy, but I can tell you this: ending wars saves money – and so the Administration’s budget includes savings from ramping down overseas military operations over time.
Learn more aboutNotes on the Budget
Posted byon March 3, 2009 at 12:29 PM EDTI am testifying today before the House Budget Committee and wanted to share my notes on the budget.
Learn more aboutEconomic forecasts and the Budget: Consistency with CBO
Posted byon February 28, 2009 at 4:19 PM EDTDuring last Thursday’s briefing on the President’s FY 2010 Budget, CEA Chair Christina Romer was asked many questions about the economic forecast underlying the Budget – and since then some news reports have highlighted differences between the Administration’s forecast and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) forecast.
Learn more aboutThe Budget and Charitable Donations
Posted byon February 27, 2009 at 8:18 PM EDTIs our budget proposal uncharitable?
Learn more aboutClearing up a misconception: “tax hikes during a recession”?
Posted byon February 26, 2009 at 8:29 PM EDTPeter Orszag: One of the questions I received throughout the day today, as we released the Fiscal Year 2010 budget, is why we are proposing to raise taxes on high-income taxpayers during a recession. And the answer is simple: we’re not.
Learn more aboutDiscipline, Efficiency, Prosperity
Posted byon February 26, 2009 at 12:03 PM EDTPeter Orszag: I want to open up OMB even more to the public and share with you what we’re doing to address the many challenges that we face as a nation. I know that, for many people, blogs are the easiest way of receiving information – so this blog may prove to be useful even if it simply provides a convenient way of keeping up with information from OMB that is already available in other formats.
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