1) Local governments need effective financial systems to manage disaster relief funds and ensure accountability. When disasters strike, financial managers must track eligible costs, handle multi-year reporting, and allocate funds across projects to receive reimbursement.
2) The document provides an overview of historical disaster costs and funding sources. It describes the Public Assistance Grant program and requirements for tracking, documenting, and reporting costs according to grant guidelines.
3) An effective financial management system should facilitate cost tracking, multi-year reporting, allocation management, labor distribution, and customized reporting to help financial managers meet grant requirements and account for funds after disasters. It should also allow remote data access in case offices are damaged.
This Selected Issues paper on Haiti was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on February 21, 2013. The views expressed in this document are those of the staff team and do not necessarily reflect the views of the government of Haiti or the Executive Board of the IMF. The policy of publication of staff reports and other documents by the IMF allows for the deletion of market-sensitive information.
This report of CEPR identifies significant problems with the delivery of U.S. aid in Haiti and finds an overall lack of transparency on how the billions of dollars obligated for U.S. assistance to Haiti are being used. The U.S. government pledged $1.15 billion for relief and reconstruction projects in Haiti. Key U.S. actors, like the State Department’s Cheryl Mills, acknowledged a “unique opportunity to ‘build back better’” and “an obligation to ensure that aid is actually effective.” Over three years have passed since Haiti’s earthquake and, despite USAID’s stated commitment to greater transparency and accountability, the question “where has the money gone?” echoes throughout the country. It remains unclear how exactly the billions of dollars that the U.S. has spent on assistance to Haiti have been used and whether this funding has had a sustainable impact. With few exceptions, Haitians and U.S. taxpayers are unable to verify how U.S. aid funds are being used on the ground in Haiti. USAID and its implementing partners have generally failed to make public the basic data identifying where funds go and how they are spent.
In the following paper we take a look at the effectiveness of U.S. assistance to Haiti: what we know about how it is being administered, to what extent U.S. assistance in Haiti is adhering to the USAID Forward reform agenda and what steps can be taken to ensure more effective and transparent delivery of aid to Haiti.
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) offers flood insurance and promotes floodplain management. CBO’s analysis of 5 million policies in effect in August 2016 showed that the NFIP’s expected one-year costs exceeded annual premiums by $1.4 billion. That shortfall stemmed primarily from premiums’ falling short of expected costs in coastal counties, which account for three-quarters of all NFIP policies nationwide.
This presentation examines the causes of shortfalls and the cost of premiums and describes the data and methods used in CBO’s analysis.
Presentation by Terry Dinan, Senior Adviser in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies Division, at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Actuaries.
Damage from hurricanes is expected to increase significantly in the coming decades because of the effects of climate change and coastal development. In turn, potential requests for federal relief and recovery efforts will increase as well.
This presentation summarizes CBO’s method of estimating expected hurricane damage, describes the magnitude and types of federal spending associated with hurricane damage, compares the agency’s estimate of current damage with the distribution of estimates of damage in 2075, estimates future federal spending on hurricane damage in 2075, and discusses three options for reducing pressure for federal funding.
Presentation by Terry Dinan, Senior Adviser in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies Division, at the Interagency Forum on Climate Risks, Impacts, and Adaptation.
Utah State Representative Ken Ivory has been a leader in the pursuit of fiscal self-reliance in Utah, with regard to both issues—federal fund transfers and land ownership. Ivory was a primary sponsor of the Financial Ready Utah bills, as well as the 2012 Transfer of Public Lands Act, which establishes a framework for the transfer of certain federal lands to the state of Utah in the coming years. Ivory also serves as president of the American Lands Council (www.AmericanLandsCouncil.org), a nonprofit composed of state officials, local governments, businesses, organizations and individuals interested in advancing the cause of local control of land access, land use and land ownership.
Earlier this month, Reason Foundation Director of Government Reform Leonard Gilroy interviewed Rep. Ivory on the rationale behind the Financial Ready Utah bills and the Transfer of Public Lands Act, the history of federal control of western lands, and much more.
This Selected Issues paper on Haiti was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on February 21, 2013. The views expressed in this document are those of the staff team and do not necessarily reflect the views of the government of Haiti or the Executive Board of the IMF. The policy of publication of staff reports and other documents by the IMF allows for the deletion of market-sensitive information.
This report of CEPR identifies significant problems with the delivery of U.S. aid in Haiti and finds an overall lack of transparency on how the billions of dollars obligated for U.S. assistance to Haiti are being used. The U.S. government pledged $1.15 billion for relief and reconstruction projects in Haiti. Key U.S. actors, like the State Department’s Cheryl Mills, acknowledged a “unique opportunity to ‘build back better’” and “an obligation to ensure that aid is actually effective.” Over three years have passed since Haiti’s earthquake and, despite USAID’s stated commitment to greater transparency and accountability, the question “where has the money gone?” echoes throughout the country. It remains unclear how exactly the billions of dollars that the U.S. has spent on assistance to Haiti have been used and whether this funding has had a sustainable impact. With few exceptions, Haitians and U.S. taxpayers are unable to verify how U.S. aid funds are being used on the ground in Haiti. USAID and its implementing partners have generally failed to make public the basic data identifying where funds go and how they are spent.
In the following paper we take a look at the effectiveness of U.S. assistance to Haiti: what we know about how it is being administered, to what extent U.S. assistance in Haiti is adhering to the USAID Forward reform agenda and what steps can be taken to ensure more effective and transparent delivery of aid to Haiti.
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) offers flood insurance and promotes floodplain management. CBO’s analysis of 5 million policies in effect in August 2016 showed that the NFIP’s expected one-year costs exceeded annual premiums by $1.4 billion. That shortfall stemmed primarily from premiums’ falling short of expected costs in coastal counties, which account for three-quarters of all NFIP policies nationwide.
This presentation examines the causes of shortfalls and the cost of premiums and describes the data and methods used in CBO’s analysis.
Presentation by Terry Dinan, Senior Adviser in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies Division, at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Actuaries.
Damage from hurricanes is expected to increase significantly in the coming decades because of the effects of climate change and coastal development. In turn, potential requests for federal relief and recovery efforts will increase as well.
This presentation summarizes CBO’s method of estimating expected hurricane damage, describes the magnitude and types of federal spending associated with hurricane damage, compares the agency’s estimate of current damage with the distribution of estimates of damage in 2075, estimates future federal spending on hurricane damage in 2075, and discusses three options for reducing pressure for federal funding.
Presentation by Terry Dinan, Senior Adviser in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies Division, at the Interagency Forum on Climate Risks, Impacts, and Adaptation.
Utah State Representative Ken Ivory has been a leader in the pursuit of fiscal self-reliance in Utah, with regard to both issues—federal fund transfers and land ownership. Ivory was a primary sponsor of the Financial Ready Utah bills, as well as the 2012 Transfer of Public Lands Act, which establishes a framework for the transfer of certain federal lands to the state of Utah in the coming years. Ivory also serves as president of the American Lands Council (www.AmericanLandsCouncil.org), a nonprofit composed of state officials, local governments, businesses, organizations and individuals interested in advancing the cause of local control of land access, land use and land ownership.
Earlier this month, Reason Foundation Director of Government Reform Leonard Gilroy interviewed Rep. Ivory on the rationale behind the Financial Ready Utah bills and the Transfer of Public Lands Act, the history of federal control of western lands, and much more.
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Presentation by SHADAC Senior Research Fellow Emily Zylla at the 2018 Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) Fall Research Meeting in Washington, DC.
Entomological Monitoring, Environmental Compliance, and Vector Control Capaci...HFG Project
The first case of local, vector-borne transmission of the Zika virus in the Americas was identified in May 2015 in Brazil. By July 2016, the virus had spread to nearly all Zika-suitable transmission zones in the Americas, including the majority of countries and territories in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. Governments in the region face a formidable challenge to minimize Zika transmission and limit the impact of Zika on their populations.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supports efforts to strengthen the region’s Zika response through targeted technical assistance, stakeholder coordination, and implementation of key interventions. In Guatemala, the USAID-funded Health Finance and Governance project assessed country capacity to conduct vector control and entomological monitoring of Aedes mosquitoes, the primary vector of the virus. The assessment was conducted from July 11 to July 21, 2016, and sought to gauge current capacities, identify strengths and weaknesses in these capacities, and recommend countermeasures, i.e., specific strategies to minimize the impact of Zika virus transmission.
Zika transmission in Guatemala was officially recognized by the Government of Guatemala in late 2015. Since the beginning of 2016, Zika has been regularly identified throughout most of the country, as have other viral diseases borne by Aedes aegypti, such as dengue and chikungunya. Shortly after Zika was formally acknowledged by the government, a national-level committee was constituted with specialists in epidemiology, vector management, laboratory, behavior change communication, and health service delivery, among others. The Zika Committee meets on a weekly basis to review available data and discuss actions to respond to Zika at the national and subnational levels.
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Leveraging 1332 State Innovation Waivers to Stabilize Individual Health Insur...soder145
Presentation by SHADAC Senior Research Fellow Emily Zylla at the 2018 Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) Fall Research Meeting in Washington, DC.
Entomological Monitoring, Environmental Compliance, and Vector Control Capaci...HFG Project
The first case of local, vector-borne transmission of the Zika virus in the Americas was identified in May 2015 in Brazil. By July 2016, the virus had spread to nearly all Zika-suitable transmission zones in the Americas, including the majority of countries and territories in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. Governments in the region face a formidable challenge to minimize Zika transmission and limit the impact of Zika on their populations.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supports efforts to strengthen the region’s Zika response through targeted technical assistance, stakeholder coordination, and implementation of key interventions. In Guatemala, the USAID-funded Health Finance and Governance project assessed country capacity to conduct vector control and entomological monitoring of Aedes mosquitoes, the primary vector of the virus. The assessment was conducted from July 11 to July 21, 2016, and sought to gauge current capacities, identify strengths and weaknesses in these capacities, and recommend countermeasures, i.e., specific strategies to minimize the impact of Zika virus transmission.
Zika transmission in Guatemala was officially recognized by the Government of Guatemala in late 2015. Since the beginning of 2016, Zika has been regularly identified throughout most of the country, as have other viral diseases borne by Aedes aegypti, such as dengue and chikungunya. Shortly after Zika was formally acknowledged by the government, a national-level committee was constituted with specialists in epidemiology, vector management, laboratory, behavior change communication, and health service delivery, among others. The Zika Committee meets on a weekly basis to review available data and discuss actions to respond to Zika at the national and subnational levels.
For More Info & Site Visit Call-: +91 8010519519 Or http://www.gauryamunacity.ind.in
Gaur Yamuna City Residential and Commercial Property
Gaursons India Limited - Gaur Yamuna City On Yamuna Expressway It is a Township Project Opposite Formula One track Complete City and World have all life Amenities like School, Parks, Stadium, Shops and hospitals etc located On Prime Location Of Yamuna Expressway. 250 Acers Of Project have 15000 Apartments lake, School, Hospitals. Yamuna Expressway is a location that Offers great Connectivity and is Close to Delhi and Other regions Of NCR. Apart From this fine green environment and Pollution Free Atmosphere Make Living a Complete Pleasure. Gaur Yamuna City is not Only Residential Project But a Complete City in itself Located at Yamuna Expressway.
Disaster Declaration, Part 2 Instructions!!!Explore the resour.docxsalmonpybus
Disaster Declaration, Part 2 Instructions!!!
Explore the resources within the Preparedness (Non-Disaster) Grants section on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) website.
Imagine the disaster declaration request you submitted in Week Four has been denied. (this letter/Assignment is on the next page below, please review and write paper based off the letter assignment below)
Select one of the following scenarios.
1. The president has denied your request for a Major Disaster Declaration stating that the letter and backup documentation failed to prove that the state meets the threshold for damage that is required to grant a disaster declaration request. There are rumors that the Republican president has been in a political battle with your Democratic governor and congressional representatives.
2. The president has denied your request for a Major Disaster Declaration because the FEMA regional administrator's summary and recommendation stated that there were multiple discrepancies between what your agency reported as "destroyed" and "major damage" homes and what the FEMA Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDA) are reporting.
3. The president has denied your request for a Major Disaster Declaration because the government's analysis of the disaster indicates that dealing with the disaster is within the capabilities of the state. Although you stated you needed additional resources and you could not handle it, the government feels you can.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that addresses the following in the context of the scenario selected:
· Analyze ethical challenges as they relate to emergency management funding.
· Why are there discrepancies in the report? What may have caused this error and how can the issue be corrected?
· Analyze emerging political and policy changes in relation to a current event.
· What can you do to get the declaration approved? What are the issues, or potential issues, that must be addressed or overcome?
· What can you do to prove your point to gain approval? What is within your capabilities as an emergency manager? Should you appeal the decision?
· Analyze the purpose of the Stafford Act in relation to government responsibilities.
Cite 3 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references to support your paper.
Format your paper according to APA guidelines
Assignment must be written based off this letter here!
Dear Mr. President,
Under the provision of section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford disaster relief and emergency assistance act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 -5207 (Stafford Act), and the implemented by 44 CFT 206.36, I respectfully request you to declare s major disaster authorizing the full suite of individual, public and temporary housing assistance as well as necessary administrative and disaster management expenses, for the state of Florida as a result of the Hurricane Katrina that struck Florida on august 23, 2005.
Due to the scope of the hurricane damage and the associated efforts, the commission tasked with respon.
HM510Week2 AssignmentAs the assistant director of emergency SusanaFurman449
HM510
Week2 Assignment
As the assistant director of emergency management for your hometown New York City, you have been given the task by the newly elected county commission to propose a hazard mitigation awareness program that can be placed on the county public-safety training website. It is the goal of the commissioners to assure that all county agencies, and especially first responders and code-enforcement officials, have an awareness of what hazard-mitigation strategies can be employed in new land-development projects and construction to mitigate the local natural and man-made hazards.
You are to propose a training plan utilizing 10 PowerPoint slides that includes the following components:
· Target audience
· Issues to be addressed
· Media type and format to be utilized
· Feedback/evaluation format for the training
· Implementation plan for the program
Directions:
· Your slide requirement is excluding your title, introduction, and reference slides.
· Use one basic slide design and layout.
· Limit slides to between 6 and 8 lines of content.
· You may use pictures, charts, and graphs to supplement your material as long as they do not take up the entire slide
· Use bullets for your main points.
· Use speaker notes to fully explain what is being discussed in the bullet points as though you are presenting to an audience, being sure to follow the Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.)
· Viewpoint and purpose should be clearly established and sustained
· Presentation should be well ordered, logical and unified, as well as original and insightful
· Your work should display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics
· Appropriate citation style should be followed
You should also make sure to:
· Use examples to support your discussion
· Cite all sources on a separate reference slide at the end of your PowerPoint and reference and cite within the body of the presentation using APA format and citation style. For more information on APA guidelines, visit Academic Tools.
HM510
Unit 2 DQ
Mitigation Planning
Mitigation planning to include funding is important to building a sustainable and hazard-resilient community. Given the three layers of governmental bureaucracy (federal, state, and local) do you believe the system is readily accessible? How do you think the process can be improved to make funding available sooner and ultimately increase the level of mitigation activity? What checks and balances should remain, and which could be removed? Share any personal experiences with the process.
Student #1: (Travis Reed)
Good morning Y’all
The funding process is among the key determinant factors for the success of any mitigation measure directed to a disaster of any nature (Smith & Vila, 2020). Without sufficient funds, the hazard mitigation strategies are rendered ineffective in restoring the status of the community following a disaster. While funding is a critical factor in hazard mitigation, it is also one area with multiple ch ...
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The U.S. government subsidizes flood insurance because those who want to buy it live in the
flood plain and cannot get it at reasonable rates. What inefficiency does this create
Solution
As Hurricane Sandy continues to batter the Eastern seaboard of the U.S., one thing is for certain:
insurance companies will be ponying up for billions of dollars in property damage caused by
high winds. Last year’s Hurricane Irene cost insurance providers more than $4 billion in damage
claims, with flood-insurance payments totaling nearly $1.3 billion.
But what many Americans may not know is that this $1.3 billion was a bill footed by the federal
government, which underwrites the vast majority of flood insurance across the nation.
Historically, insurance companies have been wary of offering flood insurance to homeowners
because the risks associated with flood insurance are difficult to forecast, so any private
insurance that had been offered was prohibitively expensive for average homeowners.
But in the 1960s, frequent flooding of the Mississippi River was driving up the costs of federal
disaster-relief programs. In an effort to reduce these costs,Congress set up the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP) to provide flood insurance to the general public and promote effective
floodplain management. Under the program, homeowners in certain areas of the U.S. are
required to buy flood insurance, and communities that hope to benefit from the program have to
enforce city-planning regulations set out by FEMA, which manages NFIP.
(MORE: Banks Waive Fees for Residents in Path of Hurricane Sandy)
Though the program has been effective at making flood insurance widely available, a growing
chorus of critics from environmentalists to libertarians has been attacking it for encouraging
homeowners to build recklessly in areas that are prone to flooding. For instance, Ira Stoll wrote
yesterday in the New York Sun:
“Hurricane casualties are partly the result of unintended consequences of government actions:
without federal flood insurance, many fewer people would take the risk of living in low-lying
areas vulnerable to storm surges.”
There is evidence to support the view that the government is actually encouraging citizens to live
in areas most in danger of flood damage. According to a 2010 report issued by the Institute for
Policy Integrity, Congress has historically set the premium rate too low for flood insurance —
effectively subsidizing building in flood-prone areas at the expense of taxpayers at large. This
practice has helped drive the fund $19 billion in debt, caused mostly by the unusually severe
damage caused by Hurricane Katrina.
In addition, the report argued that the environmental effects of the federal government’s flood-
insurance policy may be more severe than the financial effects. According to the report:
“River basins and coastal zones provide natural purification of water and wastewater; erosion
control and weather mitigation; and habitat for fish and wildl.
CJ102 CriminologyUnit 6 WorksheetStudent Name ___________.docxaryan532920
CJ102: Criminology
Unit 6 Worksheet
Student Name: _______________________________________________________
After completing the readings, answer the following five questions:
1. What is neutralization theory?
2. Name 5 of these and illustrate how they work.
3. Define and contrast primary and secondary deviance. Provide an example for each.
4. What are the policy implications of labeling theory?
5. How was social structure theory used to inform policy in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations?
GAO
United States Government Accountability Office
Testimony
Before the Subcommittee on Emergency
Communications, Preparedness, and
Response, Committee on Homeland
Security, House of Representatives
DISASTER RECOVERY
Past Experiences Offer
Recovery Lessons for
Hurricanes Ike and Gustav
and Future Disasters
Statement of Stanley J. Czerwinski, Director
Strategic Issues
For Release on Delivery
Expected at 10:00 a.m. EST
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
GAO-09-437T
What GAO Found
United States Government Accountability Office
Why GAO Did This Study
Highlights
Accountability Integrity Reliability
March 3, 2009
DISASTER RECOVERY
Past Experiences Offer Recovery Lessons for
Hurricanes Ike and Gustav and Future Disasters
Highlights of GAO-09-437T, a testimony
before the Subcommittee on Emergency
Communications, Preparedness, and
Response, Committee on Homeland
Security, House of Representatives
Recovery from major disasters is a
complex undertaking that involves
the combined efforts of federal,
state, and local government in
order to succeed. While the federal
government provides a significant
amount of financial and technical
assistance for recovery, state and
local jurisdictions work closely
with federal agencies to secure and
make use of those resources. This
testimony describes lessons and
insights that GAO has identified
from review of past disasters,
which may be useful to inform
recovery efforts in the wake of
Hurricanes Ike and Gustav, as well
as disasters yet to come.
These lessons come from two
reports GAO recently released last
fall on disaster recovery. The first
draws on the experiences of
communities that have recovered
from previous major disasters in
order to help inform recovery
efforts in the wake of Hurricanes
Ike and Gustav as well as the 2008
Midwest floods. The second
examines the implementation of
the Federal Emergency
Management Agency’s (FEMA)
Public Assistance grant program
and identifies several actions that
the Department of Homeland
Security can take to improve
operations of that program. These
include improving information
sharing and enhancing continuity
and communication. Commenting
on a draft of that report, the
department generally agreed with
our recommendations. In doing this
work, GAO interviewed federal,
state, and local officials involved in
recovery and reviewed relevant
documents, data ...
There Are Several Types Of Disaster Relief Grants Available Help Rebuild Home...Americas Got Grants
The federal, state, as well as several organizations and foundations, offer government grants for disaster relief to the impacted people and towns. All they need to do is submit an application for these grants for disaster relief in the proper manner and at the proper time.
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CRJ Module 6 Overview
Recovery
Recovery often begins in the initial hours and days following a disaster event and can continue for months or years. Recovery involves decisions and actions relative to rebuilding homes; replacing property; resuming employment; restoring businesses; and permanently repairing and rebuilding infrastructure. In this module, you will learn the role that the federal government plays in disaster recovery operations. You will list and explain the recovery programs that are administered by FEMA to fuel individual and community recovery operations. This module will also explain how federal agencies other than FEMA contribute to disaster recovery. The recovery role of national voluntary relief organizations will be discussed. The various tools that are available for community recovery planning will be identified.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this module, you should be able to:
7G
Explain how federal agencies other than FEMA contribute to disaster recovery.
7H
Discuss the recovery role of national voluntary relief organizations.
7I
Identify various tools that are available for community recovery planning.
7J
Summarize how a Community Long-Term Recovery Plan is developed, and why it is important.
8D
Characterize the role of the federal government in disaster recovery operations.
8E
List and explain the recovery programs administered by FEMA to fuel individual and community recovery operations.
Module 6 Reading Assignment
Haddow, G., Bullock, J., & Coppola, D. (2011). Introduction to emergency management. Burlington: Elsevier. Chapter 7.
The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Recovery
Recovery often begins in the initial hours and days following a disaster event and can continue for months or years. Recovery involves decisions and actions relative to rebuilding homes; replacing property; resuming employment; restoring businesses; and permanently repairing and rebuilding infrastructure. Because the recovery function has such long lasting impacts and usually high costs, the participants in the process are numerous, and include all levels of government, the business community, political leadership, community activists and individuals. An effective recovery brings all players together to plan, finance and implement a recovery strategy that will rebuild the disaster-impacted area safer and more secure as quickly as possible.
Recovery activities begin immediately after a Presidential declaration as the agencies of the Federal Government collaborate with the State in the impacted area in coordinating the implementation of recovery programs and the delivery of recovery services. The Federal government plays the largest role in providing the technical and financial support for recovery, with FEMA obligating an annual average of $2.88 billion on public assistance projects for major disaster declarations (with an average of $58 million per major disaster declaration) and $153 million in individual assistance.
To Assist You In Recovering, The Federal And State Governments Offer Grants F...Americas Got Grants
Emergency relief grants available from federal and state governments, foundations, organizations, and groups. These grants are designed to address various aspects of damage and loss caused by emergencies or disasters.
The Natural Resilience Fund will establish a financing mechanism that engages the public, leverages existing resources and completes recovery, rehabilitation and resilience projects in New York with an emphasis on New York City.
In the coming months and years, lawmakers will face a number of important budget-related deadlines, or Fiscal Speed Bumps, that will require legislative action. These Fiscal Speed Bumps will present challenges, risks, and opportunities. Addressed irresponsibly, they could cause serious disruptions and/or add as much as $3 trillion to the debt over the next decade above what current law would allow. But if dealt with thoughtfully, they offer an opportunity to pursue reforms that would grow the economy, improve the policy landscape, and reduce the risk of an uncontrollably growing national debt.