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Court Blocks Bush Appointment to Civil Rights Commission
SSA Evaluates Financial Impact of Bush Commission's Recommendations
Federal Budget
The Bush Budget: Reagan Redux
Whatever It Takes!
Table: FY 2002-03 Percentage Growth in Discretionary Budget Authority
Amendment To Permanently Repeal Estate Tax
The Role of Government Performance in the FY 2003 Budget
Information & Access
GAO Prepares to Sue Cheney
Judge Rules in Favor of Congressional Tool for Information Access
Nonprofit Issues
Bush Names Faith-Based Director, Announces New Program
Court Blocks Bush Appointment to Civil Rights Commission (02/04/2002)
A U.S. District judge ruled on Monday, February 4 that the Commission on Civil Rights had no vacancy to fill and thereby blocked Bush's appointment of a replacement for Commission Chairwoman Mary Frances Berry. The Justice Department has indicated that it will appeal the ruling. For more on the Commission and Bush's appointment, see this Washington Post article.
SSA Evaluates Financial Impact of Bush Commission's Recommendations (02/04/2002)
On January 31, the Social Security Administration's Chief Actuary released its analysis of the financial impact of the Bush Commission's recommendations for the privatization of Social Security. For more on the significance of the recommendations and the SSA's analysis, see the Campaign for America's Future.
The Bush Budget: Reagan Redux (02/04/2002)
OMB Watch will continue to analyze the President's FY 2003 Budget. Please see the OMB Watch website over the next week for further analyses of homeland security spending, cuts to human needs spending, and spending increases on future tax cuts. The President's Budget is now online. The Washington Post has provided an agency-by-agency overview of the President's proposed spending increases and cuts.
Whatever It Takes! (02/04/2002)
Wouldn't it be great if we could resolve to do whatever it takes so that everyone who works can afford shelter and food, or to clean up the nation's water and air, or make sure no child goes to bed hungry -- just as we've resolved to do whatever it takes to fight the war on terrorism?
Table: FY 2002-03 Percentage Growth in Discretionary Budget Authority (02/04/2002)
Note: Many of the increases noted in the table below are due to programs specifically concerned with the President's $37.7 billion Homeland Security budget. For a more-detailed analysis of the components of the Homeland Security and other agency budgets, please see the OMB Watch website for other analyses.
Amendment To Permanently Repeal Estate Tax (02/04/2002)
Demise of economic stimulus package brings end to efforts to make estate tax repeal permanent -- for now, at least.
The Role of Government Performance in the FY 2003 Budget (02/04/2002)
As we have said before, if improving government performance is limited to threatening agencies with cuts, rather than working together with Congress and the Administration to truly make government more effective and useful to citizens, we can't expect much good to come from this new attempt at improving government.
GAO Prepares to Sue Cheney (02/04/2002)
GAO has power under federal law to conduct investigations for purposes of congressional oversight of the executive branch, as well as to sue officials that defy Congressional authority.
Judge Rules in Favor of Congressional Tool for Information Access (02/04/2002)
The ruling could have great implications, especially in light of the fact that The General Accounting Office (GAO) is preparing to sue Vice President Dick Cheney for information about the meetings of his energy task force.
Information Collection Requests up for Expiration (02/04/2002)
Normally, when agencies have pending paperwork requests at OIRA that do not get reviewed by the expiration date, approval for one year is inferred under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).
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