May 2016
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New Deputy Director Appointed at CBO
May 25, 2016I am delighted to announce that CBO’s next Deputy Director will be Mark Hadley, currently our General Counsel. Mark will assume his new responsibilities on June 6.
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CBO’s Panels of Advisers, 2016
May 24, 2016CBO learns from many outside experts. Part of that learning comes through our panels of advisers—a Panel of Economic Advisers and a Panel of Health Advisers—which consist of widely recognized authorities on a range of issues.
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CBO Seeks Your Feedback to Help Improve Our Website
May 23, 2016For the next six weeks, CBO will continue to collect your feedback via the button on the left side of our web pages. We want to know what you like about our site. What’s useful? What’s missing? What can we improve?
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CBO Launches New Search Tool for Intergovernmental and Private-Sector Mandates
May 10, 2016The aim of the new search tool is to enhance users’ experience by making information on mandates easier to access, searchable, and more timely. New data will be added periodically throughout the year.
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CBO’s Activities Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
May 10, 2016CBO reviews hundreds of bills and public laws for intergovernmental and private-sector mandates each year and estimates whether the annual costs of those mandates would exceed thresholds established in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
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Trends in the Joblessness and Incarceration of Young Men
May 9, 2016In 2014, 16 percent of men in the United States between the ages of 18 and 34 were jobless or incarcerated, up from 11 percent in 1980. Those numbers and related longer-term trends have significant economic and budgetary implications.
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Monthly Budget Review for April 2016
May 6, 2016The federal budget deficit was $352 billion for the first seven months of fiscal year 2016, the Congressional Budget Office estimates—$69 billion more than the shortfall recorded in the same span last year.
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