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Don’t Close Open-Government Sites Article
The Electronic Government Fund, which pays for multiple websites that make government data available to the public, will have its budget slashed from $34 million to just $8 million because of GOP-led cuts. U.S. Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, above, said many open-government projects “will experience a sharp decline given the limited amount of funding.” (Flickr/<a href=personaldemocracy)" data-srcset="https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2011/06/kundra_onpage.jpg?w=610 610w, https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2011/06/kundra_onpage.jpg?w=610 610w, https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2011/06/kundra_onpage.jpg?w=610 610w, https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2011/06/kundra_onpage.jpg?w=500 500w, https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2011/06/kundra_onpage.jpg?w=250 250w" data-sizes="auto" />

Don’t Close Open-Government Sites

Pratap Chatterjee reports on how slashed funding for important transparency initiatives risks harming government efficiency.

Pratap Chatterjee

Reviewing What Works Article

Reviewing What Works

The Center for American Progress has developed a performance review process that helps the government undertake a systematic review of spending programs and tax expenditures.

Jitinder Kohli, Seth Hanlon

Information Technology Article
The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, saved an estimated $20  million over a five-year period just by moving its email servers to the  cloud. (AP/Mohammad abu Ghosh)

Information Technology

This is the latest in a weekly series of talking points from CAP’s Doing What Works team showing how we can make smart budget cuts that boost government efficiency—not gut essential services.

Pratap Chatterjee

Building on a Successful Recovery.gov Article
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden make a statement regarding the passage of the fiscal cliff bill in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, January 1, 2013. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Building on a Successful Recovery.gov

The Obama administration’s new Campaign to Cut Waste promises to build on the successes of the 2009 Recovery Act and usher in a new era of transparency and accountability over government spending, write Julia Kantor and Sam Ungar.

Julia Kantor, Sam Ungar

Executive Reorganization Report

Executive Reorganization

Harrison Wellford, Jitinder Kohli, and James Hairston on six lessons about executive reorganization the Obama administration could learn from the Carter era.

Harrison Wellford, Jitinder Kohli, James Hairston

Tax Expenditures Article

Tax Expenditures

This is the latest in a weekly series from CAP’s Doing What Works team showing how we can make smart budget cuts that boost government efficiency—not gut essential services.

Gadi Dechter

Defense Article
We can save more than $350 billion from the defense budget by normalizing troop levels and cutting unneeded weapons (AP/Rafiq Maqbool)

Defense

The latest in a weekly series of talking points from CAP’s Doing What Works team shows how we can make smart budget cuts that boost government efficiency.

John Griffith

Budget Bullets Article
The Treasury Building is seen in Washington. The United States faces a nearly $1.5 trillion federal deficit that will require making smart decisions about where to cut spending. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Budget Bullets

CAP’s Doing What Works team launches a weekly series about how to reduce the national deficit while boosting government efficiency.

Reece Rushing

Eliminating Big Oil Tax Loopholes Won’t Lead to a Tax Increase Article
The fact that tax expenditures are government spending is more  widely recognized by conservative economists and politicians.  President  Ronald Reagan’s chief economic advisor, economist Dr. Martin Feldstein, above, noted recently that tax expenditures are equivalent to direct government expenditures. (AP/Riccardo De Luca)

Eliminating Big Oil Tax Loopholes Won’t Lead to a Tax Increase

Seth Hanlon and Daniel J. Weiss explain why oil company lobbyists are wrong when they claim that ending handouts to companies will increase taxes.

Seth Hanlon, Daniel J. Weiss

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