The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has been in the news recently regarding their analysis of legislation associated with health care. The CBO has been a part of the legislative process for decades as identified in this book but the question to be answered is are they truly non-partisan or are they politically motivated. Based on their analysis in a number of legislative matters not only current ones but legislation in the past it appears the process in use may be faulty. Predicting the future of what will take place cannot be truly reliable based on a set of circumstances. Individuals are in the mix regarding their future and the decisions they will make as a result of legislation passed by Congress. No one can predict the human spirit or decisions that will be made in the future in fact individuals may not even know what they will do much less an organization such as the CBO. The information in this book is about the processes in place and what needs to change and whether this organization has outlived its usefulness.
The structure of this organization will be reviewed and the reports generated will be evaluated to ensure that the processes in place and that the structure is appropriate for the mission of the organization. The mission is to provide the Congress with the objective, timely, nonpartisan analyses needed for economic and budget decisions and with the information and estimates required for the Congressional budget process.
Another aspect of looking at this organization is to determine what aspect of government operations in which they should be involved and what aspects in which they should have no activity. It is important to have someone or some organization look at the budgets of the President and changes to the budget as proposed by Congress.