Office of Management and Budget Blog

Last week, OMB Director Shaun Donovan issued an Exit Memo on the progress made by OMB, his vision for the country’s future, and the work that remains. Here’s an excerpt:

Leaders in the insurance industry are announcing new investments to support resilient communities. Here’s why:

Today, we’re releasing the next Joint Strategic Plan for Intellectual Property Enforcement.

Failure to address climate change could cost the Federal Government and taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars each year.

Today we're releasing guidance to institutionalize proven and effective practices to tackle the most common barriers agencies face in the Federal hiring process.

Building on efforts to boost Federal cybersecurity & as part of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, today we're releasing a proposed guidance to modernize Federal IT.

We’re creating a team of privacy professionals dedicated to making privacy a more comprehensive, strategic, and continuous function of Government.

20 countries & the EU have committed to seek to double their governmental clean energy R&D in five years. Here's an updated breakdown of the Administration's commitment:

Five federal agencies announce new actions that set a course for future climate resilience and water and energy efficiency savings, while saving taxpayer dollars.

It’s been two years since we laid out the Administration’s plan to transform the Federal marketplace. Here’s a look at what we’ve accomplished, and what’s next:

Today the Office of Management and Budget is releasing updated guidance on the role and designation of Senior Agency Officials for Privacy.

Today, we’re launching a new tool to further drive sustainable purchasing and strengthen environmental stewardship requirements in Government acquisitions.

We are incorporating advice from the National Academies of Sciences into the social cost of carbon, and releasing new estimates for methane and nitrous oxide.

Today, OMB released a Category Management policy to drive greater efficiency into how the Federal Government buys and manages mobile devices and services.