June 29, 2023

Congressional Budget Office: 2023 Long-Term Projections for Social Security

Established in 1974, The Congressional Budget Office is a federal agency within the legislative branch of the United States government. It is charged with providing members of Congress objective analysis of budgeting and economic issues to support the congressional budget process. Each year, CBO economists and budget analysts produce dozens of reports and hundreds of cost estimates for proposed legislation.

For the past several months I have been receiving directly from CBO links to which I now plan to begin posting selectively on this blog in the interest of information sharing. If there appears to be sufficient interest among readers of this blog over a period of time, I plan to continue posting selections I receive from CBO

June 29,2023 – Report:

June 26, 2023

CBO: Estimated Budgetary Effects of HR. 3564, the Middle Class Borrower Protection Act of 1023

by David Badertscher

This posting contains additional information not included in my June 22,2023 posting: HR. 3564 Middle Class Borrower Protection Act of 2023.

As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on June 20, 2023

https://rules.house.gov/bill/118/hr-3564

June 26, 2023

Congressional Budget Office: S.1075, Taiwan Protection and National Resilience Act of 2023

by David Badertscher

As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on June 13, 2023.

Summary:

S. 1074 would require the Departments of State and Defense to identify and report to the Congress on U.S. goods and services that China relies on and Chinese goods and services that the federal government procures and relies on. The bill also would require those departments to report on policies to reduce the federal government’s reliance on Chinese imports and respond to potential coercive action by the Chinese government. On the basis of information about the costs of similar reports, CBO estimates that implementing the bill would cost less than $500,000 over the 2023-2028 period. Any spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.

June 23, 2023

Selected List of Opinion Summaries Published by Justia, Week Ending June 23, 2023

by David Badertscher

During this past week (week ending June 23, 2023) we have received listings of 37 Government and Administrative Law Summaries, 76 Constitutional Law summaries, and 76 Criminal Law Summaries . We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in order to keep blog readers updated. To gain access to these case summaries, click on the corresponding links below:

Opinion Summaries Posted for Week Ending June 23, 2023:

Criminal Law Opinion Summaries

June 22, 2023

S. 308, Ending China’s Developing National Status Act

by David Badertscher

As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on June 13, 2023

Summary:

S. 308 would require the Department of State to influence international organizations to reclassify China as a developed country instead of as a developing country. On the basis of information about the costs of diplomatic efforts to influence the actions of other nations and international organizations, CBO estimates that implementing the bill would cost less than $500,000 over the 2023-2028 period. Any spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.

June 22, 2023

H.R. 3564, Middle Class Borrower Protection Act of 2023

by David Badertscher

Received June 23,2023.

Established in 1974, The Congressional Budget Office is a federal agency within the legislative branch of the United States government. It is charged with providing members of Congress non partisan, objective analysis of budgeting and economic issues to support the congressional budget process. Each year, CBO economists and budget analysts produce dozens of reports and hundreds of cost estimates for proposed legislation.

For the past several months I have been receiving directly from CBO links to which I now plan to begin posting selectively on this blog in the interest of information sharing. If there appears to be sufficient interest among readers of this blog over a period of time, I plan to continue posting selections I receive from CBO.

June 20, 2023

Responding to Errors and Mistakes in ChatGPT and Other Generative AI Systems

by David Badertscher

Since Open AI released ChatGPT for public use on November 30, 2022, its rate of adoption by the public has been explosive and appears to be increasing at a near exponential rate. Within two months after its public release, it had acquired an estimated 100 million users and surpassed one billion page visits by the end of February, 2023 — an increase unprecedented and creating strong incentives for other generative AI systems to join the fray.

In its official announcement of the release to the public of ChatGPT, Open AI stated very clearly that the system would sometimes generate errors of fact and other types of mistakes in a random manner difficult to predict. It also warned potential users of the urgency of checking ChatGPT responses to user queries against other sources for verification. Most other Generative AI systems have issued similar warnings.

The cumulative impact of the public release of ChatGPT, followed by the public release of other generative AI chat systems, is yet to be determined. However, it will be disruptive— at least in the near term — and may require significant changes to the workplace. Some of these changes might very well involve introducing what I would call error management systems to help manage the deluge of items generated by ChatGPT and other systems in a more organized manner.

June 16, 2023

Selected List of Opinion Summaries Published by Justia, Week Ending June 16, 2023

by David Badertscher

During this past week (week ending June 16, 2023) we have received listings of 37 Government and Administrative Law Summaries, 84 Constitutional Law summaries, 89 Criminal Law Summaries and 3 U.S. Supreme Court Summaries. We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in order to keep blog readers updated. To gain access to these case summaries, click on the corresponding links below:

Opinion Summaries Posted for Week Ending June 16, 2023:

Criminal Law Opinion Summaries

June 16, 2023

Congressional Budget Office: Announcements, Posted June 8 Through June 15, 2023

by David Badertscher

Established in 1974, The Congressional Budget Office is a federal agency within the legislative branch of the United States government. It is charged with providing members of Congress non partisan, objective analysis of budgeting and economic issues to support the congressional budget process. Each year, CBO economists and budget analysts produce dozens of reports and hundreds of cost estimates for proposed legislation.

The following are announcements we recently received from the Congressional Budget Office:

Legislation considered under suspension of the Rules of the House of Representatives during the week of June 19, 2023

June 15, 2023

Congressional Budget Office (CBO): Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2023

by David Badertscher

INTRODUCTION:

Established in 1974, The Congressional Budget Office is a federal agency within the legislative branch of the United States government. It is charged with providing members of Congress non partisan, objective analysis of budgeting and economic issues to support the congressional budget process. Each year, CBO economists and budget analysts produce dozens of reports and hundreds of cost estimates for proposed legislation.

For the past several months I have been receiving directly from CBO links to which I now plan to begin posting selectively on this blog in the interest of information sharing. If there appears to be sufficient interest among readers of this blog over a period of time, I plan to continue posting selections I receive from CBO.