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- Working Paper
More than 5,000 U.S. military personnel have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, and another 50,000 were wounded in action. A larger proportion of wounded personnel survived their wounds than was the case during the Vietnam War.
- Presentation
Presentation by Doug Elmendorf, CBO Director, at the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution.
- Blog Post
At a conference organized by the Brookings Institution, Director Doug Elmendorf discussed the ways in which CBO quantifies uncertainty and why most of the agency’s estimates are presented as point values.
- Cost Estimate
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 18, 2014
- Presentation
Presentation by David Austin, an Analyst in CBO's Microeconomics Studies Division, at the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies' Conference on the Role of Freight Transportation in Economic Competitiveness
- Report
Recent legislation calls for the Veterans Health Administration to expand the availability of health care to veterans. Research suggests that VHA-provided care has been cheaper than private-sector care, but future costs are uncertain.
- Report
CBO estimates that the development of shale resources will increase GDP by about two-thirds of 1 percent in 2020 and about 1 percent in 2040; the increases in GDP will lead to slightly larger percentage increases in federal revenues.
- Cost Estimate
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 19, 2014
- Cost Estimate
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on November 13, 2014
- Cost Estimate
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on November 13, 2014