Dan Crippen
Director of the Congressional Budget Office
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Dan L. Crippen is the fifth director of the Congressional Budget Office and has been serving in that capacity since February 1999. His appointment runs through January 2003. Crippen has served in senior positions in the White House and the U.S. Senate, and is a specialist in issues relating to the federal budget, health care, retirement, trade, and telecommunications.

From 1987 to 1989, Crippen served as the president's adviser on all issues relating to domestic policy, including the preparation and presentation of the federal budget. In the Senate, he served as chief counsel and economic policy adviser to the Senate Majority Leader from 1981 to 1985, working on major tax and budget bills as well as other legislation.

Crippen also has substantial experience in the private sector. Before joining CBO, he was a principal with Washington Counsel, a consulting firm. He has also served as executive director of the Merrill Lynch International Advisory Council and as senior vice president of the Duberstein Group.

The Congressional Budget Office was created by the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. CBO's mission is to provide the Congress with the objective, timely, nonpartisan analyses needed for economic and budget decisions and with the information and estimates required for the congressional budget process. The position is jointly appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate after considering recommendations from the two congressional budget committees.

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