Government Management

2009

The National Flood Insurance Program: Factors Affecting Actuarial Soundness
November 2009pdfblog post

Subsidizing Infrastructure Investment with Tax-Preferred Bonds
October 2009summarypdfblog post

 

2008

Impact on the Budget from Legislation Authorizing Future Appropriations but Not Affecting Direct Spending or Revenues
July 25, 2008pdf
Letter to the Honorable Kent Conrad

Investing in Infrastructure
July 10, 2008htmlpdfwebcastblog post
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

Issues and Options in Infrastructure Investment
May 2008htmlpdfadditional info

Related:

Testimony on Current and Future Investment in Infrastructure
May 8, 2008htmlpdfchartswebcastblog post
Testimony before the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of Representatives

 

2007

Testimony on Performance Budgeting: Applications to Health Insurance Programs and Tax Policy
September 20, 2007htmlpdfwebcast
Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives

Review of the Sufficiency of Funds Authorized Under H.R. 811, the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007
September 7, 2007pdf
Letter to the Honorable Vernon J. Ehlers

Value of Properties in the National Flood Insurance Program
June 2007htmlpdf

Potential Effects of Disclosing Price Rebates on the Medicare Drug Benefit
March 12, 2007pdf
Letter to the Honorable Joe Barton and the Honorable Jim McCrery

Characteristics and Pay of Federal Civilian Employees
March 2007pdf

 

2006

CBO's Response to Questions About the National Flood Insurance Program
May 31, 2006pdf
Letter to the Honorable Judd Gregg

The Cost of the Consolidation Option for Student Loans
May 2006pdf

 

2005

Third-Party Financing of Federal Projects
June 1, 2005htmlpdf

 

2003

Budgetary Impact of Committees' Suggestions for the House Budget Committee's Print: Addressing Government Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
November 12, 2003htmlpdf
Letter to the Honorable John M. Spratt Jr.

The Past and Future of U.S. Passenger Rail Service
September 2003htmlpdf

Letter to the Honorable Ted Stevens regarding NASA's space flight operations contract and other technologically complex government activities conducted by contractors
July 29, 2003htmlpdf

The Budgetary Treatment of Leases and Public/Private Ventures
February 2003htmlpdf

Letter to the Honorable Jim Nussle regarding the proposal to reduce payments by the Postal Service to the Civil Service Retirement System
January 27, 2003htmlpdf

 

2002

Measuring Differences Between Federal and Private Pay
November 2002htmlpdf

The President's Proposal to Accrue Retirement Costs for Federal Employees
June 2002htmlpdf

Accrual Budgeting for Military Retirees' Health Care
March 2002htmlpdf

 

2001

Letter to the Honorable Frank R. Wolf regarding CBO's review of an Ernst & Young study of judicial space and facilities
February 1, 2001htmlpdf

 

2000

Credit Subsidy Reestimates, 1993-1999
September 2000htmlpdf

The One-Courtroom, One-Judge Policy: A Preliminary Review
April 2000htmlpdf

 

1999

Changes in Federal Civilian Employment: An Update
June 1999htmlpdf

 

1996

Changes in Federal Civilian Employment
July 1996pdf

 

1995

Testimony on Creating a New One-Dollar Coin
July 13, 1995htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate

Testimony on Creating a New One-Dollar Coin
May 3, 1995htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Committee on Banking and Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives

Issues in Determining Pay Raises for Federal White-Collar Employees
May 1995htmlpdf

 

1994

Testimony on the Lease-Purchase Scorekeeping Rule
September 20, 1994htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security, Committee on Government Operations, U.S. House of Representatives

 

1993

Reducing the Size of the Federal Civilian Work Force
December 1993pdf

 

1991

Changing the Classification of Federal White-Collar Jobs: Potential Management and Budgetary Impacts
July 1991pdf

 

1990

Federal White-Collar Pay Reform: Costs and Financing
September 1990pdf

 

1989

Productivity Improvement Under the Government's Productivity Improvement Initiative
February 1989pdf

 

1987

Federal Civilian Employment
December 1987htmlpdf

Contracting Out: Potential for Reducing Federal Costs
June 1987htmlpdf

 

1986

Employee Turnover in the Federal Government
February 1986htmlpdf

Testimony on the Presentation and Oversight of the Federal Reserve System's Budget
January 29, 1986pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy, Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives

 

1984

Curtailing Indirect Federal Subsidies to the U.S. Postal Service
August 1984pdf

 

1983

The Federal Buildings Program: Authorization and Budgetary Alternatives
October 27, 1983pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Committee on Public Works and Transportation, U.S. House of Representatives

The Federal Buildings Program: Authorization and Budgetary Alternatives
June 1983htmlpdf

 

1982

Contracting Out for Federal Support Services: Potential Savings and Budgetary Impacts
October 1982htmlpdf

Congressional Oversight of Acquisition Management in the Department of Defense
April 22, 1982pdf
Testimony bedore the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate

The Economic Rationale for User Fees
March 10, 1982pdf
Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate

Activities and Responsibilities of the Congressional Budget Office
February 5, 1982pdf
Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate

 

1981

Reducing the Reserves of the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program
June 1981htmlpdf

Civil Service Retirement: Financing and Costs
May 1981htmlpdf

 

1979

Testimony on Proposals to Improve Oversight and Reauthorization of Federal Programs
June 15, 1979htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate

Testimony on Proposals to Improve Oversight and Reauthorization of Federal Programs
May 23, 1979htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on the Legislative Process, Committee on Rules, U.S. House of Representatives

 

1978

Testimony on Productivity Data in Evaluating Programs
February 14, 1978htmlpdf
Testimony before the House Budget Committee Task Force on Tax Expenditures, Government Organizations, and Regulation

 

1977

Testimony on S.2 and S.1244, Two Bills Proposing Systematic Congressional Review of Ongoing Governmental Programs
September 28, 1977htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Rules and Administration, United States Senate

Background Paper: The Legal Services Corporation--Budgetary Issues and Alternative Federal Approaches
July 1977pdf

Testimony on the Decennial Census
June 9, 1977htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Census and Population, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, U.S. House of Representatives

The Current Federal Role and Alternative Approaches
February 1977pdf

Background Paper: The Federal Government's Pay Systems: Adjustment Procedures and Impacts of Proposed Changes
February 1977pdf

Federal Prison Construction: Alternative Approaches
January 1977pdf

Background Paper: Executive Compensation in the Federal Government
January 1977pdf
Background Paper No. 18

 

1976

Background Paper: Financing Postal Operations: Alternative Approaches and their Budgetary Implications
March 1976pdf