OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Amendments
Computers: establish a Federal Chief Information Officer to enhance the management and promotion of electronic Government services and processes (S. 803), S6266 [27JN]
Articles and editorials
Bush Economic Aide Says Cost of Iraq War May Top $100 Billion, S8643 [17SE], H6363 [18SE]
Bills and resolutions
Budget: reduce preexisting balances on the pay-go scorecard to zero and extend statutory budget disciplines (see H.R. 5672), H8022 [16OC]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent when the budget is in balance or surplus, and the OMB determines that relief will not cause deficit (see H.R. 5043), H4324 [27JN]
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board: restructure (see H.R. 5094), H4552 [11JY]
Roads and highways: provide that certain adjustments made to align highway spending with revenues have no force or effect (see H.R. 3900), H780 [7MR]
Urban areas: require inclusion of certain outlying counties in metropolitan statistical areas (see H.R. 3722), H284 [12FE]
Letters
Air Force transport/VIP aircraft leasing authorization process, S7795 [1AU]
Federal loan guarantee program for airlines, H2918 [22MY]
Highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level, H7955, H7956 [16OC]
Improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans, S11221 [15NO]
Presidential option to use the war on terrorism and homeland security funding for the national missile defense system, S6098 [26JN]
Promote public-private competition for Dept. of Defense contracts and procurement, S5983 [25JN]
Tax treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service, S214 [29JA]
Lists
Steps to add North American Industry Classification System codes to OMB/Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs existing computerized paperwork database, H3626 [18JN]
Remarks in House
Armed Forces: remove emergency designation from appropriated funds for mobilized National Guard and Reserve forces, H2981, H2985, H2986, H2987 [23MY]
Dept. of Defense: funding of certain components relative to Inspector General financial audits, H4109, H4110 [27JN]
FBI: remove emergency designation from appropriated funds, H2981, H2982 [23MY]
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board: restructure (H.R. 5094), E1244 [11JY]
Federal Chief Information Officer: establish (H.R. 2458), H8981-H8983 [14NO], E2144 [22NO]
Government: enhance citizen access to information and services through use of Internet-based information technology (H.R. 2458), H8981-H8983 [14NO], E2144 [22NO]
———prohibit enforcement of OMB regulation on privatization quotas for Federal jobs, H5322-H5328 [24JY]
———prohibit the use of human discounting in cost-benefit analyses done during regulatory reviews, H5330 [24JY], E1940 [17OC]
———require each agency to establish a centralized contracting reporting system, H5345 [24JY]
Roads and highways: provide that certain adjustments made to align highway spending with revenues have no force or effect (H.R. 3900), H1027 [20MR]
SBA: revise calculation of certain loan subsidy rates, E1609 [19SE], E1961 [28OC]
Remarks in Senate
Appropriations: comparison between congressional and Bush administration spending proposals, S8429 [10SE]
———legislative process, S6685, S6686 [12JY], S8638, S8642 [17SE], S9679, S9680 [1OC]
Computers: establish a Federal Chief Information Officer to enhance the management and promotion of electronic Government services and processes, S8745 [18SE]
———establish a Federal Chief Information Officer to enhance the management and promotion of electronic Government services and processes (S. 803), S6277, S6295 [27JN]
Contracts: require Federal agencies to complete public-private competitions for contracts and procurement in a 12-month time frame, S11561 [19NO]
Federal Chief Information Officer: establish (H.R. 2458), S11227 [15NO]
Government: enhance citizen access to information and services through use of Internet-based information technology (H.R. 2458), S11227 [15NO]
National security: develop an enterprise architecture for information systems to achieve interoperability within and between agencies responsible for homeland security, S11008-S11012, S11020, S11021 [14NO], S11276-S11278 [18NO]
Reports filed
E-Government Act: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H.R. 2458) (H. Rept. 107-787), H9023 [14NO]
———Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 803) (S. Rept. 107-174), S5956 [24JN]
Nomination of Mark W. Everson To Be OMB Deputy Director for Management: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate), S7308 [24JY]
Nomination of Nancy Dorn To Be OMB Deputy Director: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate), S660 [12FE]
Small Business Opportunity Enhancement Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2867) (H. Rept. 107-432), H2099 [2MY]
Statements
Supplemental Appropriations for Further Recovery From and Response to Terrorist Attacks: Executive Office of the President, S4942 [4JN]
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