Recently Released Reports
- Claim That Congressional
Budget Plans Call For "Largest Tax Increase in History"
Is Inaccurate, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Federal Spending,
2001 through 2008: Defense Is a Rapidly Growing Share of the Budget,
While Domestic Appropriations Have Shrunk, Center on Budget
and Policy Priorities
- Economic Data Can
Be Used to Target State Fiscal Relief Effectively, Center on
Budget and Policy Priorities
- Medicaid Demonstration
Waivers: Recent HHS Approvals Continue to Raise Cost and Oversight
Concerns, Government Accountability Office
- Monthly
Budget Review, Congressional Budget Office
- Preliminary
Analysis of the President's Budget Request for 2009, Congressional
Budget Office
- Medicaid: Overview
and Impact of New Regulations, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid
and the Uninsured
- One
in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008, Pew Public Safety Performance
Project
- State and Local
Government Retiree Benefits: Current Funded Status of Pension and
Health Benefits, Government Accountability Office
- State
Efforts to Extend Dependent Coverage for Young Adults, National
Academy of State Health Policy
- 21 States Face Total
Budget Shortfall of At Least $36 Billion in 2009; 7 Others Expect
Budget Problems, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Administration's
Medicaid Regulations Will Weaken Coverage, Harm States, and Strain
Health Care System, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- The
Effects of an Optional Federal Charter for Life Insurers on State
Economies, American Council of Life Insurers
- Advance
Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year (CY) 2009 for
Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part D Payment Policies,
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Bush Budget Would
Cut Domestic Discretionary Programs by $20 Billion in 2009,
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Is It Raining Yet?
Yes, And It’s Time for Many States To Use Their Rainy Day
Funds, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- The
U.S. Economy And Changes In Health Insurance Coverage, 2000–2006,
Health Affairs
- Medicare Part
D: Plan Sponsors' Processing and CMS Monitoring of Drug Coverage
Requests Could Be Improved, Government Accountability Office
- Climate
Change White Paper: Appropriate Roles for Different Levels of Government,
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Emergency Transit
Assistance: Federal Funding for Recent Disasters, and Options for
the Future, Government Accountability Office
- Health Information
Technology: HHS Is Pursuing Efforts to Advance Nationwide Implementation,
but Has Not Yet Completed a National Strategy, Government Accountability
Office
- Head Start:
A More Comprehensive Risk Management Strategy and Data Improvements
Could Further Strengthen Program Oversight, Government Accountability
Office
- Update
of CBO’s Economic Forecast, Congressional Budget Office
- State Low-Income
Tax Relief in the Absence of an Income Tax, Center on Budget
and Policy Priorities
- Administration's
Medicaid Regulations Will Weaken Coverage, Harm States, and
Strain Health Care System. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Monthly
Budget Review, Congressional Budget Office
- President’s
Budget May Provide States With Inadequate Funding to Maintain Current
SCHIP Programs, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- The President’s
Budget and the Medicare “Trigger”, Center on Budget
and Policy Priorities
- Surface Transportation:
Preliminary Observations on Efforts to Restructure Current Program,
Government Accountability Office
- Targeted
Case Management Deficit Reduction Act and Interim Final Rule Side
By Side, National Association of State Medicaid Directors
- Do
Individual Mandates Matter?, The Urban Institute
- What
Will Happen to State Government Finances in a Recession?, Rockefeller
Institute of Government
- 20 States Face Total
Budget Shortfall of at Least $34 Billion in 2009: Eight Others Expect
Budget Problems, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Current
Issues in Medicaid: A Mid-FY 2008 Update Based on a Discussion with
Medicaid Directors, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
- Health Coverage
for Children and Families in Medicaid and SCHIP: State Efforts Face
New Hurdles: A 50-State Update on Eligibility Rules, Enrollment
and Renewal Procedures, and Cost-Sharing Practices in Medicaid and
SCHIP in 2008, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
- Long-Term
Fiscal Outlook: Action Is Needed to Avoid the Possibility of a Serious
Economic Disruption in the Future, Government Accountability
Office
- The
Distributional Effects of Fiscal Stimulus, The Tax Foundation
- Final
Report to Congress and the Secretary of Defense, The Commission
on the National Guard and Reserves
- Technological
Change and the Growth of Health Care Spending, Congressional
Budget Office
- National Flood
Insurance Program: Greater Transparency and Oversight of Wind and
Flood Damage Determinations Are Needed, Government Accountability
Office
- State and Local
Governments: Growing Fiscal Challenges Will Emerge during the Next
10 Years, Government Accountability Office
- The
Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2008 to 2018, Congressional
Budget Office
- The
State of Sentencing 2007: Developments in Policy and Practice,
The Sentencing Project
- 19 States Face Total
Budget Shortfall of at Least $32 Billion in 2009; 9 Others Expect
Budget Problems, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- State Children’s
Health Insurance Program: Program Structure,
Enrollment and Expenditure Experiences, and Outreach Approaches
for States That Cover Adults, Government Accountability Office
- Moving
Backward: Status Report on the Impact of the August 17 SCHIP Directive
to Impose New Limits on States’ Ability to Cover Uninsured
Children, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center
for Children and Families
- Income Inequality
Hits Record Levels, New CBO Data Show, Center on Budget and
Policy Priorities
- Hypothetical
Examples of Families Affected by the AMT Patch, The Tax Foundation
- Vision
for the Future: U.S. Intercity Passenger Rail Network Through 2050,
National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission
- Monthly
Budget Review, Congressional Budget Office
- Curbing Medicare
Advantage Overpayments Would Strengthen Medicare, Center on
Budget and Policy Priorities
- The
Impact of Unauthorized Immigrants on the Budgets of State and Local
Governments, Congressional Budget Office
- The
Future of Employment-Based Health Benefits: Have Employers Reached
a Tipping Point?, Employee Benefit Research Institute
- Major
Tax Issues in the 110th Congress, Congressional Research Service
- The
Mortgage Crisis: Economic and Fiscal Implications for Metro Areas,
U.S. Conference of Mayors
- Saving
Lives, Saving Money II, American Legacy Foundation
- Homeland Security:
Federal Efforts Are Helping to Alleviate Some Challenges Encountered
by State and Local Information Fusion Centers, Government Accountability
Office
- Failure to Enact
Farm Bill Would Lock-in Food Stamp Benefit Cuts, Center on Budget
and Policy Priorities
- Children’s
Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 (CHIPRA): The
revised CHIPRA Bill (H.R. 3963) Compared to the Original Bill (H.R.
976), Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
- Medicare
Part D Plan Characteristics by State, 2008, Kaiser Commission
on Medicaid and the Uninsured
- A Tale of Two Bills:
The Labor-HHS-Education and Defense Appropriations Bills, Center
on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Social Security:
Issues Regarding the Coverage of Public Employees, Government
Accountability Office
- Labor-HHS-Education
Bill- What’s at Stake?, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- The House Has Complied
This Year With Its New "Pay-As-You-Go" Rule: But Greater
Challenges Lie Ahead, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Medicaid Financing:
Long-Standing Concerns about Inappropriate State Arrangements Support
Need for Improved Federal Oversight, Government Accountability
Office
- Trade Adjustment
Assistance: States Have Fewer Training Funds Available than Labor
Estimates When Both Expenditures and Obligations Are Considered,
Government Accountability Office
- Rangel’s
“Mother of All Tax Reforms” Bill Overshadows Much Bigger
Question: What to Do in 2011?, The Tax Foundation
- Applying Agreed-Upon
Procedures: Highway Trust Fund Excise Taxes, Government Accountability
Office
- State and Local
Government Retiree Benefits: Current Status of Benefit Structures,
Protections, and Fiscal Outlook for Funding Future Costs, Government
Accountability Office
- State Corporate
Tax Shelters and the Need for “Combined Reporting”,
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Paying
at the Pump: Gasoline Taxes in America, The Tax Foundation
- Public
Spending on Surface Transportation Infrastructure, Congressional
Budget Office
- The
Subprime Lending Crisis: The Economic Impact on Wealth, Property
Values and Tax Revenues,
and How We Got Here, Joint Economic Committee
- Fannie
Mae Monthly Summary
- Transportation
Security: Efforts to Strengthen Aviation and Surface Transportation
Security are Under Way, but Challenges Remain, Government Accountability
Office
- How Robust is the
Current Economic Expansion?, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- A
Roadmap to Health Insurance for All: Principles for Reform,
The Commonwealth Fund
- Modeling the Federal
Revenue Effects of Proposed Changes in Cigarette Excise Taxes,
Joint Committee on Taxation
- State
IT Workforce: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? A National Survey of the
States, National Association of State Chief Information Officers?
- Meeting
the Needs of America’s Bridges, American Association of
State Highway and Transportation Officers
- Homeland Security:
Preliminary Information on Federal Actions to Address Challenges
Faced by State and Local Information Fusion Centers, Government
Accountability Office
- Influenza
Pandemic: Opportunities Exist to Clarify Federal Leadership Roles
and Improve Pandemic Planning, Government Accountability Office
- SCHIP
Reauthorization: How Will Low-Income Kids Benefit under House and
Senate Bills?, The Urban Institute
- Testimony
on Performance Budgeting: Applications to Health Insurance Programs
and Tax Policy, Congressional Budget Office
- 21st Century
Challenges: How Performance Budgeting Can Help, Government Accountability
Office
- New
Census Data Shows Where Property Taxes Hit Homeowners Hardest,
The Tax Foundation
- National
Rail Freight Infrastructure and Capacity and Investment Study,
Association of American Railroad
- Employer
Health Benefits 2007 Annual Survey, Kaiser Family Foundation
- Railroad
Bridges and Tunnels: Federal Role in Providing Safety Oversight
and Freight Infrastructure Investment Could Be Better Targeted,
Governmental Accountability Office
- Drinking
Water State Revolving Fund: Increasing Impact, Environmental
Protection Agency
- Historical
Averages not a Meaningful Benchmark for Future Revenues, Center
on Budget and Policy Priorities
- State
Medicaid Agencies’ Initiatives on Health Information Technology
and Health Information Exchange, Health and Human Services Office
of the Inspector General
- Medicaid
Demonstration Waivers: Lack of Opportunity for Public Input during
Federal Approval Process Still a Concern, Governmental Accountability
Office
- SCHIP
Revisited, Health Affairs
- Gasoline
Prices: Federal and State Authority to Limit “Price Gouging”,
Congressional Research Services
- State
and Local Property Tax Burdens in 2005, AARP Public Policy Institute
- Trends
in Public Spending on Transportation and Water Infrastructure, 1956
to 2004, Congressional Budget Office
- Energy
Market and Economic Impacts of S. 280, the Climate Stewardship and
Innovation Act of 2007, Energy Information Administration
- Monthly
Budget Review, Congressional Budget Office
- Testimony
on the Status of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, Congressional
Budget Office
- Problems with
Health Tax Deductions, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- The Role
of State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs in Serving Low-Income
Medicare Beneficiaries Following the Implementation of Medicare
Part D, The Henry K. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Highway
and Transit Investments: Flexible Funding Supports State and Local
Transportation Priorities and Multimodal Planning, Government
Accountability Office
- Medicaid:
States Reported That Citizenship Documentation Requirement Resulted
in Enrollment Declines for Eligible Citizens and Posed Administrative
Burdens, Government Accountability Office
- The
Impact of Attribute-Based Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)
Standards: Preliminary Findings, University of Michigan Transportation
Research Institute
- Appropriation
by Litigation: Estimating the Cost of Judicial Mandates for State
and Local Education Spending, The Tax Foundation
- Congressional
Budget Office Estimates Show Large Gains In Children's Health Coverage
Under Senate SCHIP Bill, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- The 2008 Labor-HHS-Education
Appropriations Bill: Is the Threatened Veto Justified?, Center
on Budget and Policy Priorities
- As Presidential
Candidates Target Investment Income for Higher Taxes, Which States
Stand to Lose the Most?, The Tax Foundation
- Making
the “Internet Tax Freedom Act” Permanent Could Lead
to a Substantial Revenue Loss For States and Localities, Center
on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Changes
in Federal TANF Rules Could Help States Meet Welfare Reform Goals,
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Monthly
Budget Review, Congressional Budget Office
- Evaluating
Pay-For-Performance In Medicaid Through Real-World Observation,
Health Affairs
- Workforce
Investment Act: Additional Actions Would Further Improve the Workforce
System, Government Accountability Office
- Energy
Efficiency: Important Challenges Must Be Overcome to Realize Significant
Opportunities for Energy Efficiency Improvements in Gulf Coast Reconstruction,
Government Accountability Office
- Medicare
Advantage: Private Health Plans in Medicare, Congressional Budget
Office
- State
Revenue Report: Personal Income Tax Rebounds as Sales Tax Falters,
Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
- The
Fight Over Appropriations: Myths and Realities, Center on Budget
and Policy Priorities
- Health
Information Technology: Efforts Continue but Comprehensive Privacy
Approach Needed for National Strategy, Government Accountability
Office
- Testimony
on Health Care and the Budget: Issues and Challenges for Reform,
Congressional Budget Office
- Long-Term
Care Insurance: Partnership Programs Include Benefits That Protect
Policyholders and Are Unlikely to Result in Medicaid Savings,
Government Accountability Office
- Emergency
Management: Most School Districts Have Developed Emergency Management
Plans, but Would Benefit from Additional Federal Guidance, Government
Accountability Office
- Aiming
Higher: Results from a State Scorecard on Health System Performance,
The Commonwealth Fund
- The
Effects of State-Level Tax and Expenditure Limitations on Revenues
and Expenditures, Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
- Monthly
Budget Review, Congressional Budget Office
- The Nation’s
Long-Term Fiscal Outlook: April 2007 Update, Government Accountability
Office
- A Simple,
Progressive Replacement for the AMT, The Urban Institute
- Can Incentives
for Health Behavior Improve Health and Hold Down Medicaid Costs?,
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Can Incentives
for Healthy Behavior Improve Health and Hold Down Medicaid Costs?,
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Competing
and Succeeding in the 21st Century: New Markets for American Agriculture,
Bipartisan Policy Center
- An
International Update on the Comparative Performance of American
Health Care, The Commonwealth Fund
- The Congressional
Budget Plan: A Brief Analysis of the Conference Agreement, Center
on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Meeting
the Long-Term Care Needs of the Baby Boomers, The Urban Institute
- Medicare
Advantage in 2006-2007: What Congress Intended?, Health Affairs
- Choosing
Independence: An Overview of the Cash and Counseling Model of Self-Directed
Personal Assistance Services, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Medicare Part
D: Enrolling New Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries in Prescription Drug
Plans, Government Accountability Office
- The
State Children’s Health Insurance Program, Congressional
Budget Office
- Rural
Children Increasingly Rely on Medicaid and State Child Health Insurance
Programs for Medical Care, The Carsey Institute
- Monthly
Budge Review, Congressional Budget Office
- Medicaid:
Concerns Remain about Sufficiency of Data for Oversight of Children’s
Dental Services, Government Accountability Office
- Medicaid Long-Term
Care: Few Transferred Assets before Applying for Nursing Home Coverage;
Impact of Deficit Reduction Act on Eligibility Is Uncertain,
Government Accountability Office
- Options Exist for
Offsetting the Cost of Extending Health Coverage to More Low-Income
Children, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Preparing
for a Pandemic Influenza: A Primer for Governors and Senior State
Officials, National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
- The Governor’s
Speak-2007: A Report on the State-of-the-State Addresses of the
Nation’s and Territories’ Governors, Institute for
the Study of Knowledge Management in Education
- Medicare
Advantage Statistics by State, Congressional Budget Office
- No Child Left
Behind Act: Education Actions May Help Improve Implementation and
Evaluation of Supplemental Educational Services, Government
Accountability Office
- The
Medicare Advantage Program: Enrollment Trends and Budgetary Effects,
Congressional Budget Office
- Gulf Coast
Rebuilding: Preliminary Observations on Progress to Date and Challenges
for the Future, Government Accountability Office
- Monthly
Budget Review, Congressional Budget Office
- A Review
of CBO's Activities in 2006 Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act,
Congressional Budget Office
- Internal Revenue
Service: Interim Results of the 2007 Tax Filing Season and the Fiscal
Year 2008 Budget Request, Government Accountability Office
- The Alternative Minimum
Tax, the President’s Budget, and the Congressional Budget
Resolutions, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Growing Number of
States Considering a Key Corporate Tax Reform, Center on Budget
and Policy Priorities
- Fourth Quarter
State Tax Data, Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
- No Child Left
Behind Act: Education Assistance Could Help States Better Measure
Progress of Students with Limited English Proficiency, Government
Accountability Office
- An
Analysis of Leading Congressional Health Care Bills, 2005-2007:
Part I, Insurance Coverage, The Commonwealth Fund
- Fiscal Year
2006 U.S. Government Financial Statements: Sustained Improvement
in Federal Financial Management Is Crucial to Addressing Our Nation's
Accountability and Fiscal Stewardship Challenges, Government
Accountability Office
- 2006
Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges and Transit Conditions
and Performance, Federal Highway Administration, Department
of Transportation
- Future Needs
of the U.S. Surface Transportation System, American Association
of State Highway and Transportation Officials
- Long-Term
Spending on Entitlement Programs, Congressional Budget Office
letter to Representative Jeb Hensarling ( Texas)
- Children's
Health Insurance: States’ SCHIP Enrollment and Spending Experiences
and Considerations for Reauthorizations, Government Accountability
Office
- Children's
Health Insurance: States' SCHIP Enrollment and Spending Experiences
and Considerations for Reauthorization, Highlights,
Government Accountability Office
- Federal Financial
Management: Critical Accountability and Fiscal Stewardship Challenges
Facing Our Nation, Government Accountability Office
- Hurricane Katrina:
Allocation and Use of $2 Billion for Medicaid and Other Health Care
Needs, Highlights,
Government Accountability Office
- Tax Compliance:
Multiple Approaches Are Needed to Reduce the Tax Gap, by Michael
Brostek, director, tax issues, strategic issues team, before the
Senate Committee on the Budget, highlights,
Government Accountability Office
- New Resources
Related to Children's Coverage and the Reauthorization of SCHIP,
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Coverage
Patterns Among SCHIP-Eligible Children and Their Parents, Urban
Institute
- Medicaid
Cost Sharing Under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA),
Congressional Research Service
- State
Tax Business Climate Index, Tax Foundation
- The
Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2008-2016, Congressional
Budget Office
- New Publications
Examine SCHIP Experience; Trends in Access to Medicaid and SCHIP
Coverage, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Resuming
the Path to Health Coverage for Children and Parents: A 50-State
Update on Eligibility Rules, Enrollment and Renewal Procedures,
and Cost-Sharing Practices in Medicaid and SCHIP in 2006, Henry
J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Community Development
Block Grants: Program Offers Recipients Flexibility but Oversight
Can Be Improved, Highlights,
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
-
How Federal Policies Affect the Allocation of Water, Congressional
Budget Office (CBO)
-
The Economic Effects of Recent Increases in Energy Prices, Congressional
Budget Office (CBO)
- Temporary
Tax Provisions (Extenders) Expired in 2005, Congressional Research
Service (CRS)
- Lessons
and Limits: Tax Incentives and Rebuilding the Gulf Coast After Katrina,
Brookings
Institution
- State
Tax Revenue Rebounds on Strength in South and West, Nelson A
Rockefeller Institute of Government
- Legislative
Line Item Veto Act, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Cost Estimate
- Resources
on Medicaid Policy Changes in the Federal Budget Reconciliation
Bill, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Understanding
the Recent Changes in Medicaid Spending and Enrollment Growth Between
2000-2004, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Grant
Awarded to Study the Impacts of 2005 Hurricanes on Gulf Coast Governments,
Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
- 2006
Survey of State Tax Departments, BNA Daily Tax Report
- State Budgets: On
the Edge?, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Impact
of Proposed 2007 Federal Budget Actions on States, Highlights,
Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute
- Tobacco Settlement:
States' Allocations of Fiscal Year 2005 and Expected Fiscal Year
2006 Payments, Government Accountability Office
- S.
2253, A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to offer the
181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing, Congressional
Budget Office
- Retiree
Pensions and Health Benefits: State and Local Governments Face New
Budget Challenges, Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute
- Federal
Tax Burdens and Expenditures by State, Tax Foundation
-
Monthly Budget Review, April 2006 , Congressional Budget Office
- Testimony
on CBO's Projections of Revenues for the Highway Trust Fund,
Congressional Budget Office
- Health Coverage
for Low-Income Populations: A Comparison of Medicaid and SCHIP,
Kaiser Family Foundation
- A
Blip? State Tax Revenue Growth Weakens in the Fourth Quarter,
The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
-
Can States Stretch The Medicaid Dollar Without Passing The Buck?
Lessons From Utah, Health Affairs
- The Growth
of Private Plans in Medicare, 2006, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- The President's
FY 2007 Budget Proposal: Overview and Briefing Charts, Henry
J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Solid
Footing for State Finances: Fiscal Year 2005 Tax Revenue Summary,
Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
Standard & Poor’s
Launches New Website on State Education Systems
On Tuesday, March 29 the National Education Data Partnership launched
SchoolMatters.com, a free website that provides detailed statistics
on state public education systems, down to the individual school level.
The partnership that operates the service includes Standard and Poor’s
School Evaluation Services and the Council of Chief State School Officers
and is funded by the Broad Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation. The statistics that the online database provides include:
- District and state financial data:
Spending allocations, revenue streams, staff compensation and long-term
debt.
- Student proficiency results: Statewide
reading and math tests by grade, school, district and state.
- Student demographics: Socio-economic
and special language information at all levels.
- Community demographics: Income levels,
housing values, housing values, parental status and adult education
attainment levels.
- Standard & Poor’s ratios:
Analysis that puts academic and financial data in a demographic
context.
Link: SchoolMatters
Website
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