CBO Testimony on Current and Future Investment in Infrastructure
May 8, 2008: Testimony before the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of Representatives.
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New GAO Reports: DHS Complex Acquisitions, Interagency Contracting, DA's Oversight of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising
Department of Homeland Security: Better Planning and Assessment Needed to Improve Outcomes for Complex Service Acquisitions, GAO-08-263, April 22, 2008 Department of Homeland Security: Better Planning and Oversight Needed to Improve Complex Service Acquisition Outcomes, GAO-08-765T, May 8, 2008 Human Capital: Transforming Federal Recruiting and Hiring Efforts, GAO-08-762T, May 8, 2008 Interagency Contracting: Need for… Continue Reading
Committee Releases Findings From Crandall Canyon Mine Tragedy Investigation
News release: “The Committee launched an investigation immediately after the disaster, finding it likely that the tragedy was the result of a flawed plan for conducting retreat mining in the area of the mine where the deaths occurred.” Memorandum from the Chairman to the Members of the Committee on Education and Labor Regarding the August… Continue Reading
CBO Report: Capital Budgeting, May 2008
Capital Budgeting, May 2008 | pdf | blog “Proponents of capital budgeting assert that the current budgetary treatment of capital investment creates a bias against capital spending and that additional spending would benefit the economy by boosting productivity. They note that capital budgeting could better match budgetary costs with benefit flows and eliminate some of… Continue Reading
DOD IG: Security Controls Over Joint Strike Fighter Classified Technology
Security Controls Over Joint Strike Fighter Classified Technology, March 6, 2008, redacted: “The Joint Strike Fighter Program which cost $2.99.8 billion, as of December 31, 2006, to acquire more than 2,450 aircraft, will bring the most advanced aviation and weapons technologies into the next generation of strike fighter aircraft.” Continue Reading
Quick Health Facts 2008: A Compilation of Selected State Data
Quick Health Facts 2008: A Compilation of Selected State Data Research Report, Leigh Purvis, AARP Public Policy Institute, Lynda Flowers, AARP Public Policy Institute, April 2008 “This publication provides a snapshot of each states health care landscape by providing comparable state-level and national data for over 30 indicators. Data are presented for each state and… Continue Reading
