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Op-Ed in Today’s Wall Street Journal
Posted byon May 15, 2009 at 6:59 AM ESTI have an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal today on a topic of great personal interest and central to the nation’s future: the immense fiscal challenge of rising health care costs, and the opportunity embedded within that challenge to reduce costs in the health care system without sacrificing quality.
Learn more aboutMedicare Trustees to America: Bend the Curve!
Posted byon May 12, 2009 at 4:09 PM ESTToday, the Trustees of the Medicare and Social Security Trust Funds released their annual reports detailing the financial operations and long-term positions of the Medicare and Social Security Trust Funds.
Learn more aboutClearing the Air
Posted byon May 12, 2009 at 2:45 PM ESTMedia reports today are suggesting that OMB has found fault with EPA’s proposed finding that emissions of greenhouse gases from motor vehicles contribute to air pollution that endangers public health and welfare. Any reports suggesting that OMB was opposed to the finding are unfounded.
Learn more aboutLast but Not Least – The Final Installment of the FY 2010 Budget
Posted byon May 11, 2009 at 8:32 AM ESTToday, we released the final volumes of the President’s FY 2010 Budget.
Learn more aboutThe Health Care Reserve Fund: A Historic Commitment to Reform
Posted byon May 9, 2009 at 8:30 AM ESTAs I have said more than a few times before (even on this blog) reducing health care costs is the key to the country’s fiscal future and also to providing relief to American families from rising health care bills.
Learn more aboutUsing Statistics to Drive Sound Policy
Posted byon May 8, 2009 at 2:15 PM ESTThis morning I delivered a speech at a Joint Symposium of the Committee on National Statistics and the American Academy of Political and Social Science on a topic near to my (admittedly wonkish) heart—the role of Federal statistics in developing and executing good public policy.
Learn more aboutDetermining What Works, Line by Line
Posted byon May 7, 2009 at 9:25 AM ESTWe in the Administration have spoken often about the President’s Budget heralding a new era of responsibility—an era in which we not only do what we must to lift our economy out of recession, but in which we also lay a new foundation for long-term growth and prosperity.
Learn more aboutThis Week in Budget News
Posted byon May 4, 2009 at 2:35 PM ESTThis week is another busy one at OMB: we are releasing the full account-level budget on Thursday.
Learn more aboutCongratulations to Xav Briggs
Posted byon May 1, 2009 at 5:00 PM ESTChampagne corks are flying (or more accurately, Diet Coke cans are being opened) here at OMB to congratulate Xavier de Souza Briggs for being awarded tenure by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology today.
Learn more aboutCongratulations to Emmanuel Saez
Posted byon April 27, 2009 at 12:47 PM ESTMy co-author and friend Emmanuel Saez was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal on Friday. The prize, which is awarded to the best American economist under the age of forty, is one of the highest honors the economics profession can bestow upon one of its own.
Learn more aboutNudging Along
Posted byon April 20, 2009 at 6:33 PM ESTOne of the most important intellectual developments of the past several years that has had a huge impact on my own thinking has been the rise of behavioral economics.
Learn more aboutThe Case for Reform in Education and Health Care
Posted byon April 20, 2009 at 10:59 AM ESTThis morning I delivered a speech before the Association of American Universities, an association of 62 major public and private research universities in the United States and Canada.
Learn more aboutMove Over R2, CPO is Here
Posted byon April 18, 2009 at 8:00 AM ESTLately, OMB has been consumed with the “B” in our title – the budget – but an equally important part of our mission is the “M” or management of the federal government.
Learn more aboutImportant EPA Finding
Posted byon April 17, 2009 at 5:09 PM ESTIn addition to its other responsibilities, OMB reviews proposed regulations and coordinates an interagency review process. We have now concluded review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) proposed finding that emissions of greenhouse gases from motor vehicles contribute to air pollution that endangers public health and welfare.
Learn more aboutChanging the Game in Health Care
Posted byon April 13, 2009 at 4:30 PM ESTThe National Journal blog entry on the Administration’s proposals on health care reform highlights some important issues. But is also contains some red herrings – like the idea the Administration’s proposals won’t reduce costs.
Learn more aboutEconomic Downturns and Crime
Posted byon April 9, 2009 at 1:35 PM ESTThe economic downturn imposes significant costs on families. But does it also increase crime?
Learn more aboutNew Study on Hospital Readmissions
Posted byon April 8, 2009 at 12:26 PM ESTEstimates suggest that as much as $700 billion a year in health care services delivered in the United States cannot be linked to improved health outcomes – and one reason is that we have incentives for more care rather than better care.
Learn more aboutIOU, an Explanation
Posted byon April 7, 2009 at 8:22 AM ESTHow much does the federal government owe? It might seem like a simple question to ask those of us wearing the green eyeshades, but there are lots of different concepts used to answer it.
Learn more aboutNot Your Reg-ular Blog Post
Posted byon March 30, 2009 at 6:53 PM ESTI know most of OMBlog’s readers are budget wonks – or “propellerheads” to use the now-popular White House term – but OMB also takes a very active and serious role in the management of the federal government, and that includes the regulatory agenda.
Learn more aboutClimbing the Hill
Posted byon March 25, 2009 at 4:26 PM ESTToday is a big day in the budget world as the House and Senate Budget Committees kicked off Congressional action on the federal budget with their markups of the budget resolutions.
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