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Dr. Anand Parekh, the center's chief medical adviser at the Bipartisan Policy Center and a former HHS employee shared the center's recommendations for closing the gap between HHS and HUD.
Some agency-inspector general relationships have drifted out of favor over the past 40 years. The IG community says it's time to swing the pendulum back.
The Senate is proposing serious changes to the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act to improve recruitment and retention.
A lot of members of Congress said they are interested in evidence-based policymaking, but the Bipartisan Policy Center said the idea is not exactly spreading like wildfire.
Without any leadership appointed from the administration, the personnel and readiness office is unable to set any new policy.
The Bipartisan Policy Center has come up with recommendations for a better approach to health information technology.
A new sequestration update determined defense discretionary spending would need to be cut by $72.4 billion in fiscal 2018 based on the House appropriations bills.
The House passed a "minibus" of 2018 spending bills before leaving town for a month-long recess. Budget experts say the possibility of sequestration isn't the only reason why the minibus has little chance of survival.
DoD analysts and former officials are recommending direct hiring and pay authority over civilian Pentagon workers.
A new Bipartisan Policy Center report on military personnel reform wants to put more of the TRICARE cost burden on retirees. The organization’s most recent report on the issue stated DoD spent $52 billion in health care for service members, retirees and their families in 2012.
The Bipartisan Policy Center is forming a task force to tackle the tough military personnel issues.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has promised that Congress will not shut down the government or threaten to default on the national debt. To do that, they'll need to pass a spending bill after the August recess and then address the debt ceiling. The Bipartisan Policy Center predicts a deadline for raising the borrowing cap will fall in November or December. Steve Bell is senior director of economic policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on the budget outlook.
Some 10,000 diseases are known to medicine, but only 500 have established treatments. Today, it takes around $2 billion and up to a decade to bring a single new drug to market. From 2007 to 2012, private-sector investment in medical innovation in the United States fell by $13 billion. Meanwhile, investments increased around the world. One source of the problem might be the Food and Drug Administration. Janet Marchibroda is director of the Health Innovation Initiative at the Bipartisan Policy Center. She joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with some recommendations on how to improve the way the FDA carries out its mission.
We've all heard the complaints and lived with the consequences. The congressional budget process is broken and needs drastic overhaul. The Bipartisan Policy Center has some suggestions for doing just that. Dr. Alice Rivlin is a senior fellow in economic studies at the Brooking Institution, and a former director of both the Congressional Budget Office and the Office of Management and Budget. She co-authored the report with former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.), and joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to discuss it.