The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). OMB's most prominent function is to produce the president's budget,but it also examines agency programs,policies,and procedures to see whether they comply with the president's policies and coordinates inter-agency policy initiatives.
Joshua Brewster Bolten is an American lawyer and politician. Bolten served as the White House chief of staff to U.S. president George W. Bush,replacing Andrew Card on April 14,2006. Previously,he served as the director of the Office of Management and Budget from 2003 to 2006.
William Howard Taft IV is an American diplomat and attorney who has served in the United States government under several Republican administrations. He is a son of William Howard Taft III and a great-grandson of President William Howard Taft.
The Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act of 1990 signed into law by President George H. W. Bush on November 15,1990,is a United States federal law intended to improve the government's financial management,outlining standards of financial performance and disclosure. Among other measures,the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) was given greater authority over federal financial management. For each of 24 federal departments and agencies,the position of chief financial officer was created. In accordance with the CFO Act,each agency or department vests its financial management functions in its chief financial officer. The following is a list of the 24 affected agencies,which includes all 15 federal executive departments whose heads are included in the Cabinet of the United States,as well as other large agencies:
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs is a Division within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),which in turn,is within the Executive Office of the President. OIRA oversees the implementation of government-wide policies in,and reviews draft regulations under,Executive Order 12866,the Paperwork Reduction Act,and the Information Quality Act.
Dina Powell,also known as Dina Powell McCormick is an American financial executive,philanthropist,and political advisor,best known for having been the United States Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy to President Donald Trump.
Mark Whitty Everson is an American politician who is currently the Vice Chairman of alliantgroup and served as the 46th Commissioner of Internal Revenue from 2003 until 2007. Prior to his appointment as Commissioner of the IRS,Everson held a number of federal government positions in the administrations of George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan,as well as at the state level within the administration of Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels.
James Clifford Miller III is an American economist and former government official who served as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) between 1981 and 1985 and as Budget Director for President Ronald Reagan between 1985 and 1988. Miller was the first member of the FTC with a background as a career economist,as opposed to a legal background as is common.
William Ralph Basham Jr. is an American law enforcement official who served as commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection,director of the United States Secret Service,director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers,and chief of staff of the Transportation Security Administration.
The Program Assessment Rating Tool,or PART,was a program run through the United States Office of Management and Budget to rate the effectiveness of all federal programs,PART was instituted by President George W. Bush in 2002. It was discontinued by the Obama administration.
Jeffrey B. Liebman is an American economist and academic. Since 2014,Liebman has served as director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston at Harvard Kennedy School.
Karen S. Evans is a former United States Senate confirmed,Presidential Appointed executive,who served as the first Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity,Energy Security and Emergency Response at the U.S. Department of Energy. An executive who served in three Presidential Appointed positions in two Administrations.
Dan Gregory Blair currently serves as an independent senior consultant to the U.S. Agency for Global Media. Formerly,Blair served in senior positions in the nonprofit sector. He served as a senior counselor examining and recommending reforms on the presidential appointments process for the Center on Presidential Transition. He also served as Fellow and Senior Counselor at the Bipartisan Policy Center and led a task force of government and private sector management experts charged with examining government oversight issues. He also advises private sector clients on a broad array of government management and postal issues.
The President’s Management Council is an executive branch reform group in the United States. Although established by the Administration of President Bill Clinton in 1993,the concept for this council,and its purpose,has existed in various forms since the Reagan administration. The group is made up of high-ranking administrative officials and tasked with improving management within the Executive Office,resolving specific interagency management issues and produce mechanisms for the efficient exchange of information throughout the executive branch. Members to the council include the Chief Operating Officers from all federal executive departments,the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget,Director of the Office of Personnel Management,Administrator of General Services Administration,the Chief Operating Officers of three other Executive branch agencies designated by the Chairperson,Secretary of the Cabinet,as well as officials of the Executive departments and agencies as designated by the President.
Shelley Hope Metzenbaum is an American nonprofit executive,academic,and former government official specializing in public sector performance management. She was the founding president of the Volcker Alliance and worked in the Office of Management and Budget during the Obama administration. Metzenbaum is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
Daniel I. Werfel is an American government official who has served as Commissioner of Internal Revenue since March 2023. He was formerly a Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) from 2014 to 2023,acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue in 2013,and Controller of the Office of Management and Budget from 2011 to 2013.
The presidential transition of George W. Bush took place following the 2000 United States presidential election. It started after Bush was declared the victor of the election on December 12,2000,when the Bush v. Gore decision by the Supreme Court halted the election recount in Florida,making Bush the victor in that state. The decision delivered him the state's 25 electoral votes,thus giving him a total of 271 electoral votes. This was one more vote than the 270 needed to win the presidency outright,making him president-elect.
Russell "Russ" Thurlow Vought is an American former government official who was the director of the Office of Management and Budget from July 2020 to January 2021. He was previously deputy director of the OMB from 2018 to 2020 and acting director from 2019 to 2020.
Shalanda Delores Young is an American political advisor who is the current director of the Office of Management and Budget,previously serving in an acting capacity from March 24,2021,through March 17,2022 concurrently as deputy director. She previously worked for the United States House Committee on Appropriations as its staff director.
Constance Joan Horner is an American businesswoman,known for being the third Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management as well as President Reagan's chief advisor on Federal civil service personnel matters. She was a presidential appointee in the Administrations of President Reagan and President George H. W. Bush.
