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OMB Watch Is Now Center for Effective Government 3 Jan 2013 | 09:01 pm
OMB Watch is now Center for Effective Government. Our redesigned site is coming soon and should be live by Monday, Jan. 7. Thank you for your support.
Fiscal Standoff? 18 Dec 2012 | 11:16 pm
With two weeks left before the end of the year, Congress and President Obama still appear far apart on a possible agreement to avert a pending "fiscal cliff" of tax increases and across-the-board spen...
Transparency Wrap-Up: 2012 Edition 18 Dec 2012 | 10:39 pm
This year saw clear and important accomplishments in government transparency in several areas, such as improved whistleblower protections and progress on the numerous open government commitments made ...
Regulatory Delay in 2012 18 Dec 2012 | 10:30 pm
Congressional opponents of public protections spent much of 2012 attempting to increase the procedural hurdles to establishing new rules that would implement federal laws and standards. Efforts to att...
VIDEO: Celebrate the People Who Keep Us Safe at the Holidays! 13 Dec 2012 | 10:22 pm
In this season of family events, travel, and gift-giving, let's remember the public workers who do so much behind the scenes to help ensure safe toys, food, roads, and more. Watch our holiday video an...
OMB Watch Urges Agencies to Plan for Multiple Ways to Manage Effects of Automatic Spending Cuts 6 Dec 2012 | 10:18 pm
PRESS RELEASE -For Immediate Release- December 6, 2012 Contact: Brian Gumm, (202) 683-4812, bgumm@ombwatch.org OMB Watch Urges Agencies to Plan for Multiple Ways to Manage Effects of Automatic Spe...
The Future of Long-Awaited Public Protections in Obama's Second Term 28 Nov 2012 | 12:47 am
A number of high-profile rules that would strengthen health, safety, and environmental protections failed to move through the regulatory review process in the first term of the Obama administration. M...
New Website Makes Information on Fracking Chemicals More Accessible to the Public 28 Nov 2012 | 12:03 am
On Nov. 14, an environmental organization, SkyTruth, launched a website to give the public improved access to information on the chemicals used in a natural gas extraction process commonly referred to...
State Regulation of Compounding Pharmacies Is Inadequate 21 Nov 2012 | 06:53 pm
Over the past several weeks, 36 people have died and more than 500 others have been infected with fungal meningitis from tainted steroids obtained from a compounding pharmacy in Massachusetts. This in...
Multiple CRS Reports Show Return to Clinton-Era Tax Rates for Rich Will Not Harm Economic Growth 10 Nov 2012 | 01:20 am
The New York Times recently reported that a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report was "withdrawn from circulation" at the behest of Senate Republicans. The CRS report finds no relationship betwe...
