Aditi Sen, Chief of CBO's Health Policy Studies Unit, testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Veterans who face challenges accessing timely care at Veterans Health Administration facilities have been increasingly referred to community providers. In 2022, in order to provide seamless access to care, VHA created an office to better coordinate between VHA facilities and community providers. Later, VA reorganized the office to further address the challenges. But it didn’t clearly communicate changes in priorities and roles to the VHA...

The Government Performance and Results Act Modernization Act of 2010 aimed to improve the performance of the federal government. For example, the Office of Management and Budget must coordinate with agencies to develop 4-year goals to address challenges facing the government. Since 2011, we’ve made 114 recommendations to help implement this law. For example, we recommended OMB enhance reporting on the goals. OMB and agencies...

The National Nuclear Security Administration relies on contractor employees to carry out its missions. NNSA is now allowed to reimburse certain contractors for some transportation services for their employees—which may address employees' commuting issues like traffic safety and congestion at work sites. This Q&A looks at how NNSA is putting this into action. Specifically, NNSA is reviewing a contractor's plans to offer park-and-ride shuttles and...

Sexual harassment can drive talented people out of STEM jobs—hurting the U.S. workforce and innovation. Federal agencies fund STEM research at institutions such as universities but don’t have consistent policies to handle harassment complaints about researchers they fund. To address this, Congress told the Office of Science and Technology Policy to develop stronger policies and told the National Science Foundation to expand research. Both the...

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November 2025 IFRS Advisory Council agenda and meeting papers now available
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November 2025 Capital Markets Advisory Committee agenda and meeting papers now available
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September 2025 Due Process Oversight Committee meeting summary now available
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Join us for a webinar to learn how companies are integrating ISSB Standards into their products and services
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Q3 2025 IFRS Interpretations Committee podcast now available
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Webcast 5: Overview of the new Section 12 Fair Value Measurement
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October 2025 Due Process Oversight Committee agenda and meeting papers now available
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IR-2025-105, Oct. 21, 2025 — The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service today provided transitional guidance for businesses required to report car loan interest under the One, Big, Beautiful Bill. Notice 2025-57 provides penalty relief and guidance to certain lenders for new information reporting requirements for car loan interest received in 2025 under the OBBB.

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