Bipartisan Policy Center

The OPEN Government Data Act requires agencies to appoint a chief data officer to help them develop a comprehensive data inventory the public can access. 

The Bipartisan Policy Center is taking a look at executive branch oversight, reviewing how well agencies like OPM, OMB and GSA are functioning.

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.