Congressional Republican Budget Conference Agreement Cuts Programs that...
The Republican budget resolution conference agreement announced yesterday serves as a reminder of what Republicans in the House and Senate can agree on: underfunding investments that benefit...
View ArticleCelebrating America's Workforce
Federal service is public service. That’s easy to forget sometimes because so much of what Federal employees do goes on behind the scenes. But America’s workforce affects every American every day. Each...
View ArticleHow the Federal Government is Modernizing the Immigration System
In the fall of 1962, my grandparents, who were living in Cuba, made a decision that would forever change the course of my family’s history. My grandmother packed her bags, boarded a plane for Miami,...
View ArticleBetter data, Better decisions, Better government
A year ago, Congress passed the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014, or the DATA Act. Since then, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of the Treasury (Treasury)...
View ArticleHouse Republicans Shortchange Funding for Transportation, Housing and Other...
Today, House appropriators will consider the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, one of the first to be considered under the Congressional...
View ArticleBehind the Buy #3: A Simple and Intuitive Approach for IT Procurement
Author’s Note: The "Behind the Buy" podcast features audio stories told by members of the Federal acquisition workforce who have successfully executed best practice IT contracting strategies from the...
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Creating Opportunity for All in Rural Communities
Rural America provides the vast majority of food and energy benefits for the rest of the country, is the source of nearly 90 percent of renewable water resources, and is home to important service...
View ArticleMoving Forward our Regulatory Partnerships with Canada
U.S. Federal Departments and Agencies together with Canadian Ministries have been working to develop new frameworks for cooperation since the release of the U.S.-Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council...
View ArticleCongressional Republicans Show Their Hand: Committee Spending Levels...
House and Senate Republicans have started to show how they plan to budget at discretionary levels that are the lowest in a decade, adjusted for inflation. Compared to the President’s Budget, their...
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Celebrating Immigrant Heritage Month: My Father's Journey to Citizenship
June marks Immigrant Heritage Month -- and people across the country and across the Obama Administration are sharing their American stories. Whether you've recently embarked on your first day as an...
View ArticleHTTPS-Everywhere for Government
Today, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued the HTTPS-Only Standard directive, requiring that all publicly accessible Federal websites and web services only provide service...
View ArticleA New Foundation for Technology Management
It has been over four months since I was appointed the U.S. Chief Information Officer (CIO). In that time, I have come to appreciate both the complexity of Federal information technology (IT) as well...
View ArticleFACT SHEET: Enhancing and Strengthening the Federal Government’s Cybersecurity
Editor's Note: The "Fact Sheet: Enhancing and Strengthening the Federal Government's Cybersecurity" was released on Friday, June 12. Cyberspace touches almost every facet of society and connects people...
View ArticlePrepared Remarks of OMB Director Shaun Donovan, Williams Institute Spring...
Editor’s Note – The following prepared remarks were originally delivered by OMB Director Shaun Donovan at the Williams Institute’s annual Spring Reception on May 20, 2015. Director Donovan spoke about...
View ArticleHouse Republicans Fail to Invest in Students, Workers, Our Nation’s Health,...
House Republicans are proposing to shortchange students, workers, our nation’s health, and the economy by cutting overall funding for the Departments of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services...
View ArticlePriority Goal Update
Eighteen months ago, the Administration committed to ambitious improvements in Government services and better outcomes for the American public. We established 15 new Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) Goals...
View ArticleState-By-State: House Republican Budget Bill Would Harm Students, Workers,...
Congressional Republicans have started to show how they plan to budget at discretionary levels that are the lowest in a decade, adjusted for inflation. House Republicans are proposing to shortchange...
View ArticleProtecting Public Health and the Environment
President Obama is committed to protecting public health and the environment. Just yesterday, the White House hosted a Summit on Climate Change and Public Health. The Summit brought together senior...
View ArticleBehind the Buy: Leveraging an Agile and Iterative Approach to Help Save...
Author’s Note: The "Behind the Buy" podcast features audio stories told by members of the Federal acquisition workforce who have successfully executed best practice IT contracting strategies from the...
View ArticleMaking Federal Investments Climate-Smart
Climate action makes fiscal and economic sense, and that is why we are taking new steps to code it into the DNA of how we do business at OMB. Each year, OMB issues a revised Circular A-11. This is the...
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