United States Office of Management and Budget

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is a body within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP) which is tasked with coordinating United States Federal agencies. A "stop-and-think shop," it is a senior management team of the White House. The OMB performs this coordination by gathering and filtering budget requests, by issuing circulars dictating agency management practices, and by reviewing agency regulations. Six positions within OMB, the Director, the Deputy Director, the Deputy Director for Management, and the Administrators of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, and the Office of Federal Financial Management, are Presidentially Appointed and Senate Confirmed positions. The current director is Joshua Bolten.

Related Topics:
Executive Office of the President of the United States - United States - White House - Budget - Circular - Regulation - Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Joshua Bolten

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The Bureau of the Budget (BOB), OMB's predecessor, was established as a part of the Department of the Treasury by the Budget & Accounting Act of 1921. BOB was moved to the EOP in 1939, and reorganized into the OMB in 1970 during the Nixon administration. The first OMB included Roy Ash (head), Paul O'Neill (assistant director), Fred Malek (deputy director) and Frank Zarb (associate director) and two dozen others. As of 2004, over 500 people were part of OMB.

Related Topics:
EOP - Nixon administration - Roy Ash - Paul O'Neill - Fred Malek - Frank Zarb - 2004

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