Blog of the Week: Congressional Budget Office Director!

I like to keep it local, but here's a policy blog I just found that deserves notice: Dr. Peter R. Orszag, Director of the Congressional Budget Office, is blogging! He's the guy who gives Congress its information on little things like budget deficit projections ($219 billion this year) and economic stimulus packages (make them fast, temporary, and cost-effective, and focus on low-income folks, even if they didn't pay taxes in the first place).

Director Orszag's blog went live just last month, and while he's not as prolific as your favorite South Dakota bloggers, the stuff he puts online is substantial. Reviews of economic studies, his own notes from Congressional testimony... wow! Talk about an awesome source! Dr. Orszag hasn't enabled comments yet, but he does sound like he's open to public comment (he encourages folks to e-mail him) and maybe opening comments up as he gets more comfortable with the medium.

Get ready for the new democracy, kids -- government officials online, talking to you, unfiltered, reachable with the click of the mouse.