Sunset and Results Commissions

Sunset and Results Commissions:

News

Sunset Legislation Delayed Until September 08/08/2006
In a sign that public pressure from concerned citizens works, the two sunset commission bills in the House scheduled for floor votes the week before August recess were both delayed until September. Read More

White House Misleads Public, Congress on PART Results 05/02/2006
In each of the past two years, President Bush has publicly cited a group of 100-plus federal programs in his State of the Union address that he wishes to eliminate or drastically reduce because they are "not getting results." Yet, over two-thirds of these programs have not even been reviewed by the administration's own tool for determining results: the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART). Read More

What Others Are Saying About PART 02/22/2006
OMB Watch is not alone in criticizing the White House's Program Assessment Rating Tool. See what others have had to say recently about this flawed measure. Read More