CBO Operations
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Answers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing on the Congressional Budget Office’s Request for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2025
The Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch of the House Committee on Appropriations convened a hearing at which Phillip L. Swagel, CBO's Director, testified. This document provides CBO’s answers to questions submitted for the record.
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How CBO Assists Lawmakers
Presentation by Mark Hadley, CBO's Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, at the 2nd NABO-OECD Annual Conference of Asian Parliamentary Budget Officials.
- Report
Transparency at CBO: Plans for 2024 and a Review of 2023
CBO's transparency efforts are intended to promote a thorough understanding of its work, help people gauge how estimates might change if policies or circumstances differed, and enhance the credibility of its analyses and processes.
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CBO’s Recent Publications and Work in Progress as of March 31, 2024
In this report, the latest in a quarterly series, CBO highlights its recent publications and summarizes its work in progress.
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How H.R. 7032 Would Improve CBO’s Access to Data
H.R. 7032, the Congressional Budget Office Data Sharing Act, would amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to clarify and strengthen the agency’s general authority for accessing data from executive branch agencies.
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Testimony on the Congressional Budget Office’s Request for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2025
CBO’s Director, Phillip Swagel, testifies before the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch.
- Presentation
Introduction to the Role of the Congressional Budget Office
Presentation by Aditi Sen, CBO's Health Policy Studies Unit Chief, at the Alliance for Health Policy’s 2024 Health Policy Academy.
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The Congressional Budget Office’s Request for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2025
CBO requests appropriations of $73.5 million for fiscal year 2025—$3.5 million (or 5 percent) more than it received for 2024. The request is based on strong interest in CBO’s work from the Congressional leadership, committees, and Members.
- Report
Answers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing on the Oversight of CBO
The House Committee on the Budget convened a hearing at which Phillip L. Swagel, CBO's Director, testified about the work of CBO. This document provides CBO’s answers to questions submitted for the record.
- Working Paper
How CBO Projects Inflation
This paper describes how CBO projects consumer price inflation.