Oversight

Oversight

Oversight

EXPERTS

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Maurice P. McTigue

  • Vice President
  • Distinguished Visiting Scholar
As director of the Government Accountability Project at Mercatus, Maurice McTigue is sharing the lessons of his practical experience as a New Zealand member of parliament, cabinet minister, and ambassador with policy makers in the United States. He works with officials in the Administration, members of Congress, officials from federal agencies and state governments on applying the principles of transparency and accountability in the public sector.
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Jerry Brito

  • Senior Research Fellow
  • Adjunct Professor of Law, George Mason University
Jerry Brito is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center and directs the Technology Policy Program. His research focuses on technology and telecommunications policy, government transparency and accountability, and the regulatory process.
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WORKING PAPERS

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Stimulus Facts

Jerry Brito, Veronique de Rugy | Dec 2009
Using recipient report data from Recovery.gov and economic and political data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Census Bureau, GovTrack.us, and others, we have compiled a series of facts about stimulus spending.
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An Analysis of PART for FY2009

Eileen Norcross | Jun 2008
Senior Research Fellow Eileen Norcross and Research Associate Joseph Adamson analyze the results of PART to see how agencies have been rated over the five year period. They examine how much of agency budgets fall into different ratings categories, how ratings have changed for programs assessed multiple times, and how different types of programs fare in the PART ratings.
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CHARTS

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National Healthcare Expenditures

Veronique de Rugy | Jan 18, 2010
Consumers’ out-of pocket spending on healthcare has decreased steadily as a percentage of the United States’ overall healthcare spending since the passage of Medicare in 1965 from its peak of 43% in 1965.

POLICY BRIEFS

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The Cost of State Online Spending-Transparency Initiatives

Gabriel Lucjan Okolski, Jerry Brito | Apr 2009
Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow Jerry Brito and Mercatus Masters Fellow Gabriel Okolski address what it costs for states to develop transparency websites.  
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Mercatus on Policy: What's the Emergency?

Veronique de Rugy | May 2008
When a disaster strikes, lawmakers need prompt access to federal funds. The supplemental spending process provides this access.
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TESTIMONY & COMMENTS

Public Interest Comment

The FCC's National Broadband Plan

Christina Forsberg, Jerry Ellig | Jun 09, 2009
In this Public Interest Comment, Senior Research Fellow Jerry Ellig and Mercatus Graduate Fellow Christina Forsberg make recommendations to the Federal Communications Commission for the national broadband plan under the Recovery Act.
Congressional Testimony

Recovery Act Oversight

Jerry Ellig | May 05, 2009
Senior Research Fellow Jerry Ellig presents his ideas on outcome-oriented performance measurement in the Recovery Act in this testimony before the House Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight.
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MEDIA CLIPPINGS

The Joint Economic Committee

The Challenge of Creating Jobs in the Aftermath of the ‘Great Recession’

Russell Roberts | Dec 10, 2009
Russell Roberts testifies in a Congressional hearing before the Joint Economic Committee to examine proposals to boost job creation in the private sector.