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- Blog Post
Transparency is a top priority for CBO. The agency has long been dedicated to clearly explaining its analyses, and CBO has continued to bolster its efforts to be transparent over the past year.
- Blog Post
Last Friday, members of CBO’s staff gave a public presentation of an unusual kind: not testimony at a Congressional hearing or a summary of research at an academic conference, but 30 minutes of holiday songs as part of the National Park Service’s National Christmas Tree Music Program.
- Report
In its 2018 projections for fiscal year 2019, CBO overestimated revenues and underestimated outlays by 0.8 percent and 0.1 percent, respectively. CBO’s projection of the federal budget deficit in 2019 was less than the actual amount by 0.1 percent of GDP.
- Blog Post
As part of a continuing effort to increase transparency, CBO has improved the section of our website that contains cost estimates with several new features.
- Presentation
Presentation by Alexandra Minicozzi, a unit chief in CBO’s Health, Retirement, and Long-Term Analysis Division (HRLD), and Geena Kim, an analyst in HRLD, to the Health Economics Scientific Interest Group at the National Institutes of Health.
- Presentation
Presentation by Molly Saunders-Scott and Jennifer Shand, analysts in CBO’s Tax Analysis Division, at the National Tax Association’s 112th Annual Conference on Taxation.
- Blog Post
CBO Director Phill Swagel attended an event at the University of Maryland honoring Professor Allen Schick, who is retiring after teaching there for many years, and spoke about the conflicts that have arisen in federal budgeting, the important nonpartisan role that CBO plays, and the fiscal challenges facing our nation.
- Presentation
Presentation by Jeffrey F. Werling, CBO’s Assistant Director for Macroeconomic Analysis, at a conference organized by the Foundation for Teaching Economics.
- Presentation
Presentation by Megan Carroll, chief of scorekeeping in CBO’s Budget Analysis Division, at the Budget Line of Business’s Fall Forum.
- Report
Each quarter, CBO provides information about its work in progress. As of October 4, the agency was working on 140 cost estimates for bills in addition to 32 analytic reports and working papers.