From The Washington Post, 6/4/07:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/03/AR2007060301086.html
Funding Cut for Data on Economic Well-Being
By Lyndsey Layton
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, June 4, 2007; Page A13
It is one of the most important surveys the government conducts -- the
only large-scale measurement of the impact of Medicaid, food stamps,
school lunches, unemployment and other safety-net programs for the
poor.
But proposed Bush administration budget cuts to the Survey on Income
and Program Participation, known as SIPP, will significantly reduce
the amount of information it generates for the next four years.
"We'll have the statistical equivalent of a Katrina on our hands if
the OMB [Office of Management and Budget] refuses to request funding
for the SIPP," Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) said in a statement.
"We need the SIPP to determine which government programs are working
and how to best make use of taxpayer dollars in tight fiscal times."
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