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Cashing in the War Dividend: The Joys of Perpetual War

Jo Comerford | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Universal Health Care, Pentagon Budget, Health Care, Military Spending, Office of Management and Budget, Politics News

The tired peace dividend tug boat left the harbor two decades ago, dragging with it laughable hopes for universal health care and decent public education. Now, the mighty USS War Dividend is preparing to set sail.

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Meltdown 101: A Closer Look At The Huge Budget Deficit Estimates

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Budget Deficit, Congressional Budget Office, Federal Deficit, Office of Management and Budget, Business News

WASHINGTON — Get ready to hear a lot of huge numbers Tuesday: The Obama administration is expected to boost its estimate of the federal deficit ...

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Debunking the Half-Baked "Cookie Conspiracy"

Leslie Harris | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Security, Cdt, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Office of Management and Budget, Websites, Obama Administration, Privacy, HTTP Cookie, Government, Center for Democracy and Technology, Technology, Politics News

The White House Office of Management and Budget is retooling the current federal policy that governs how federal agencies are allowed to place "cookies" on citizens' computers to track their visits to agency web sites.

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Stimulus Transparency: Who Ensures the Numbers Are Right?

ProPublica | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, OMB Watch, Project on Government Oversight, President Obama, Stimulus, Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, Office of Management and Budget, Politics News

When Obama introduced the stimulus, he made a promise of transparency: Every American will be able to see how we spend taxpayer dollars. Like so many noble ideas, that may be easier said than done.

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Orszag Vs. CBO: The Battle Over The Budget Gets Personal

MSNBC | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Cbo, Budget, Ezra Klein, Bill Clinton, Office of Management and Budget, Steve Elmendorf, Obama Administration, White House Budget Director, Peter Orszag, Congressional Budget Office, Boston Globe, Politics News

"Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag accused Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf of 'overstepping' in a Web post Sat...

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These Health Care Numbers Could Make a Man Sick!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Office of Management and Budget, Chris Dodd, Henry Waxman, Republicans and Health Care, Barack Obama, GOP and Health Care, Bill Kristol, Nancy Pelosi, Congressional Budget Office, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Harry Reid, Chuck Grassley, Health Care, William Kristol, Politics News

Not only do the various plans now being considered fail to "bend the curve" of health care spending downward, every one of the plans would send the curve still higher.

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Putting a Hold on Compassion

Michael Markarian | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Saxby Chambliss, Animals, Cass Sunstein, Confirmation Hearings, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Agriculture, Politics News

Politicians should consider a compassionate concern for animals to be a personal and even political asset for candidates for major executive offices.

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Federal Contractors Got Billions In Bonuses, Despite Performance: Report

washingtonpost.com | Steve Vogel | Posted 08.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Nasa, Department of Health and Human Services, Government Contractors, Office of Management and Budget, Government Accountability Office, Business News

Federal agencies have awarded billions in bonuses to contractors regardless of whether the work was deemed satisfactory, according to a Government Acc...

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Rankings Offer Congress Insider View of Federal Agencies

Max Stier | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federal Workforce, Federal-Agencies, Federal Government, Office of Management and Budget, President Obama, Office of Personnel Management, Max Stier, Peter Orszag, Securities and Exchange Commission, Congress, Politics News

If our legislative leaders really want a clearer picture of what's going on within the executive branch, they would be wise to listen closely to the opinions of government employees.

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Semantically Correct ... Entirely Misleading

A. Siegel | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Politics, Environmental Protection Agency, Peter Orzag, Climate Change, Environment, Pollution, Global Warming, Office of Management and Budget, Green News

When the director of an organization weighs in (quickly) to discuss reporting of an organizations work, that often suggests that the reporter just didn't get it.

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Sunstein's Past Record Of Lax Regulation

Think Progress | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: OIRA, Obama Appointments, Office of Management and Budget, Obama Appointees, Cass Sunstein, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Politics News

How would progressives respond if President Bush nominated as "regulatory czar" a person who: - Once called for changing the Clean Air Act to require...

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Peter Orszag: Obama's Budget Director - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

Huffington Post | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Peter Orszag Bio, Peter Orzag, Office of Management and Budget, President Obama, Peter Orszag, Obama's Economic Team, Omb, Obama OMB, Peter Orszag Hungarian, Peter Orzsag, Obama's Budget Director, Budget Director, Peter Orsag, Orszag, Business News

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The Banking Scandal: Repeating the Same Mistakes and Expecting Different Results

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 11.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Bailout, Economy, Congress, Regulation, Regulators, Insure Bank Deposits, President, Office of Management and Budget, Main Street, Fdic, Savings and Loan, Jimmy Carter, Omb, Insurance, 250, 000, Assets, Banking Scandal, 700 Billion, Business News

The President and Congress have finally allowed us to allocate $700 billion to a policy, about whose success they are, at least reasonably, doubtful. They should enact new regulations.

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Did You Give at the Office?

William Fisher | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fear Watch 2008, White House, Congress, War on Terror, Counterterrorism, Terrorism, Office of Management and Budget, Politics News

In the name of "Global War on Terror," the U.S. Government is waging war on non-governmental organizations, forcing them to "operate within a legal regime that weakens civil society."

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President Bush Claims Executive Privilege in EPA Investigation

Janet Ritz | Posted 06.29.2008 | Green

Today the President has asserted executive privilege to prevent the Committee from learning why he and his staff overruled EPA.

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