Economic Development Luncheon: Understanding the Federal Budget & Fiscal Outlook

Topic:  Understanding the Federal Budget & Fiscal Outlook
Speaker:   Mike Murphy, Chief of Staff and Director of Strategic Initiatives, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization committed to educating the public on issues with significant fiscal policy impact. 

The Committee’s bipartisan leadership comprises some of the nation's leading budget experts, including many past heads of the House and Senate Budget Committees, the Congressional Budget Office, the Office of Management and Budget, the Government Accountability Office, and the Federal Reserve Board. Mike is also Director of “FixUS”, the Committee’s project focused on better understanding and drawing attention to the root causes of our nation’s political division and the need to address it.
 
Mike will provide an overview of the federal budget outlook in Washington, as well as discuss how in order to address our mounting budget deficits we must also address mounting polarization.

Mike Murphy is Chief of Staff and Director of Strategic Initiatives for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, where he manages policy research and analysis on a variety of topics related to fiscal policy and the federal budget, as well as coordinates a wide array of projects related to advancing the Committee’s policy-related initiatives. Prior to joining the Committee, Mike worked for the Comeback America Initiative, a non-profit founded by David Walker, Former Comptroller General of the United States, whose mission is to educate and engage the public about federal, state and local fiscal issues. Previously, Mike also worked as a Senior Transportation Program Analyst for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, as well as in legislative affairs for the American Cancer Society and on Capitol Hill. Mike received his bachelor’s degree in History and Political Science from the State University of New York at Albany, and a Masters of Public Administration and a Certificate of Health Services Management and Policy from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.

UPDATE:  2020 Census Overview recently added to the agenda --  Brief overview of the importance of the census and an accurate count to our entire tri-county region presented by Tricia Reedy Jones, MPA, Partnership Specialist, U.S. Census Bureau - Philadelphia Regional Census Center.