The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported at least some improvements over the last two years in areas of the federal government that it has designated as “high risk” for waste, fraud, mismanagement and abuse.But in a new report, the GAO…
Representatives Jim Cooper (D-TN), Aaron Schock (R-IL), Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Joe Walsh (R-IL) have introduced legislation (H.R. 606) creating a sunset commission to help eliminate duplicative, unnecessary or inefficient federal programs.The bipartisan commission would provide Congress with recommendations for…
On Monday President Obama unveiled a proposed budget for Fiscal 2012 that failed to aggressively follow up on the recommendations of his bipartisan fiscal commission for sweeping tax and entitlement reforms.The President’s budget does make some tough choices on domestic…
Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) have introduced legislation to convert the annual budget and appropriations process into a two-year cycle. Under the Biennial Budget Appropriations Act (S. 211), the first year of the process would be dedicated…
