…week President Obama said that a presidential commission on the budget needs to consider all options for reducing the deficit, including tax increases and cuts in spending on entitlement programs…

…projected future deficits. 2. Current Deficits and Rising Debt were Caused by the Financial Crisis. Overwhelmingly, the present deficits are caused by the financial crisis. The financial crisis, the fall…

…any, other dashboards should the Commission develop that are consistent with the Commission’s statutory authorities.”[49] A suspension dashboard would clearly be consistent with the Commission’s statutory authority, and it would…

…for changing service standards reviewed by the Commission, in this case there will not be a phased implementation. In the hearing, Commissioner Taub asked witness Cintron, “[D]oes the Postal Service…

…enactment of the Social Security Amendments of 1983.[1] Those amendments, which followed the recommendations of the National Commission on Social Security Reform (the so-called Greenspan commission), eliminated Social Security’s then-projected…

…Deficit Commission, and on the surface they mirror that of Cooper-Wolff or its Senate counterpart Conrad-Gregg, that any recommendations coming out of the Deficit Commission has to be voted up…

…Washington, DC – The Postal Regulatory Commission (Commission) issued an in-depth analysis of the Postal Service’s Delivering for America (DFA) initiatives proposing nationwide changes to mail service. While the Commission acknowledges…

…10-year plan, Delivering for America. Earlier this week, the Postal Service told the Postal Regulatory Commission that its latest information request was outside the statutory authority of the Commission. The…

…review of all possible initiatives under the Plan is wholly unnecessary, unwarranted, and contrary to the Commission’s statutory authority.” The Commission rejected that argument, and the public inquiry proceeded. The Postal Service…

…newly created panel, the Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Commission, that will make weighty decisions about the future of veterans’ health care. Once seated, commission members will consider recommendations from…