Bryan Berky

About Bryan Berky

Bryan spent seven years on Capitol Hill working as a policy advisor for Senator Tom Coburn and Senator James Lankford. During this time, he advised the senators on budget, tax, banking and government oversight issues and served as the senators’ lead staffer on the Banking Committee, the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, and the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee. Bryan has assisted in the research and drafting of numerous government oversight reports, including authoring an extensive examination of Congressional mismanagement of the National Park System. Bryan graduated from Oklahoma State University with a degree in secondary education and minors in history and geography. As a student, he spent four years on the OSU football team’s video crew filming practices and game tape for the coaches and players. Bryan remains an avid supporter of the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

Big Spenders Trick Everyone into Another Budget Blowout

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What Donald Trump Still Doesn’t Get About Trade

In the latest nightmare scenario for free traders, U.S. trade policy has been driving the news again with President Donald Trump’s decision to hike tariffs on $200 billion worth of … READ MORE

Spidey-Senses, Teleportation, and Other Outlandish Spending at the DoD

Remember last year when Congress gave the Department of Defense a $165 billion budget boost citing depleted resources. Well, they should have looked at where their current budget was going first. … READ MORE

Report Identifies Billions in Federal Program Duplication

This week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its annual duplication report. This is the ninth edition of GAO’s annual look at program duplication, overlap and fragmentation in the federal … READ MORE

Four Ways to Make Infrastructure More Affordable

At the end of April, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated that President Trump and the White House had agreed to a $2 trillion infrastructure spending package. Rumblings of … READ MORE

Where Have all the Budget Hawks Gone?

There is not a budget hawk in America who could say they were not surprised to see Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director and Acting-Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney … READ MORE

A Duplication Origin Story

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What Does it Take to Lose a Department of Energy Contract Bonus?

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) – the cabinet level agency responsible for the nation’s nuclear weapons program, nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy, energy conservation, energy-related … READ MORE