The Office of Management and Budget is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President. OMB oversees agency budgets, implements the president's management agenda and reviews federal regulations.
One Step Closer to an OFPP Administrator - Fedblog
November 19, 2009
| Alyssa Rosenberg
By Robert Brodsky As expected, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee moved the nomination of Daniel Gordon to serve as the administrator of federal procurement policy at the Office of Management and Budget Thursday afternoon. Gordon's nomination was approved by voice vote....
White House Fires Back At Recovery Act Critics - Fedblog
November 17, 2009
| Alyssa Rosenberg
By Robert Brodsky The Obama administration is hitting back against charges that Recovery Act jobs figures are unreliable and overstated. In a post this morning on the White House blog, Ed DeSeve, a special advisor to the president for the stimulus, argues that while...
Auditor and lawmakers are skeptical of stimulus data
November 19, 2009
A lead government auditor and House lawmakers are questioning the Obama administration's claim that recipients of Recovery Act funds have directly saved or created more than 640,000 jobs. ...
A Cold'11 Budget, But Warmth for IT - Tech Insider
November 13, 2009
| Allan Holmes
The Office of Management and Budget has asked civilian agencies to ready themselves for fiscal 2011 budgets to be frozen at fiscal 2010 levels or, even worse, to be cut by 5 percent because the Obama administration is facing record deficits, which could become a drag on Democrats in elections next year.
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