May 2015

  • CBO 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.

  • CBO Director Keith Hall testifies before the Senate Committee on the Budget, discussing CBO’s commitment to providing information that is objective, insightful, and timely, and its plans and appropriation request for the coming year.

  • The federal government ran a budget deficit of $285 billion for the first seven months of fiscal year 2015, CBO estimates.