Accountability | Testimony & Comments

Transparency Through Technology: Evaluating Federal Open Government Efforts

Testimony Before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, and Procurement Reform
Jerry Brito | Mar 09, 2011
Jerry Brito testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, and Procurement Reform on open government and government transparency through technology.

Federal Rulemaking and the Regulatory Process

Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
Richard Williams | Jul 27, 2010
In this testimony, Richard Williams, Director of Regulatory Studies and Government Accountability at the Mercatus Center, addresses the key question of whether there are sufficient checks and…

Public Interest Comment on the Draft 2010 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities

Richard Williams, Jerry Ellig, John Morrall | Jul 06, 2010
As always, OMB has produced a very thorough report based on the instructions provided in the Regulatory-Right-to Know Act. Nevertheless, it is time to re-examine this report to see if it can be made…

Stimulus Facts

Testimony Before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Veronique de Rugy | Mar 26, 2010
In a testimony before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Mercatus Center's Senior Research Fellow, Veronique de Rugy presented a report on the disbursement of funds authorized…

The U.S. Government as Dominant Shareholder How Should Taxpayers' Ownership Rights be Exercised?

Testimony Before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy
J. W. Verret | Dec 16, 2009
During the financial crisis of 2008, the federal government used taxpayer funds through the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) to buy shares in private firms. In his testimony, Prof. J.W. Verret…

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,…

Kentucky’s Open Door

Jerry Brito | Nov 12, 2008
Earlier this year, Gov. Steve Beshear appointed an E-Transparency Task Force to develop and implement a one-stop shop on the internet to allow citizens to easily access information about the…

In the Red: Addressing the Nation's Financial Challenges

Maurice P. McTigue | Jun 26, 2008
In his testimony before Congress, Maurice McTigue proposed five specific items that Congress could work on right now to improve the nation's fiscal…

Transparency and Accountability in Louisiana

Maurice P. McTigue | Nov 28, 2007

Summary

Mr. McTigue's analysis of Louisiana indicates that some very important accountability measures are already in place, but the application of these measures is uneven or the documents are obscure or almost impossible to find. Procedures for…

Small Business Administration: Is the 7(a) Program Achieving Measurable Outcomes?

Veronique de Rugy | Nov 01, 2007
There are no significant failure of the private sector to allocate loans efficiently. The literature that does refer to a market failure is grounded in old research that doesn't take into account the…