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Statement of Alice M. Rivlin Director Congressional Budget Office before the Joint Session of the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and the Subcommittee on Environment and Atmosphere of the House Committee on Science and Technology 1 (June 1976)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo8169 and id is 1 raw text is: Statement of Alice M. Rivlin Director Congressional Budget Office Before the Joint Session of the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and the Subcommittee on Environment and Atmosphere of the House Committee on Science and Technology on June 30, 1976 Mr. Chairmen and Members of the Committees: I appreciate this opportunity to set forth my views on long-range planning in the federal government. I see planning as a means of improving the rationality of decision making by setting out the actions -- in some cases future actions -- one should take to reach some goal or set of goals. This does not mean that planning restricts the options of decision makers. Planning is not an activity where a rigid plan is developed and then slavishly followed regardless of changing circumstances. Rather it is an iterative process in which present and future actions are

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