Book Description

Assesses compliance by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) with the requirements of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (DCA), as amended. This assessment covers OMB and CBO reports issued for legislation enacted during the 1st session of the 107th Congress, which ended on Dec. 20, 2001. To assess compliance with the DCA, the authors reviewed OMB and CBO sequestration reports issued under the act to determine if they complied with all of the act's requirements. In addition they reviewed the scorekeeping reports issued by OMB and CBO to: identify major scoring differences, and determine the timeliness of the reports. Charts and tables.