Office of Management and Budget Blog

Today, the Administration took a series of actions to further accelerate Federal decisions for infrastructure projects nationwide.

Yesterday, the President made the case that reaching a negotiated budget deal that reverses sequestration is critical to the Nation’s economy.

How the U.S. Digital Service and 18F worked with students, families, schools, developers & teams across the federal government to rebuild the new College Scorecard tool.

Today, we published a Federal Register notice asking interested parties to give us their ideas on advancing the Nation’s intellectual property enforcement priorities.

Get the facts and data behind the programs the Obama administration has put in place in partnership with the communities they intend to serve, all across the country.

Today, we invite America’s colleges and universities to share their ideas on how to improve the efficiency of compliance with Federal contracts, grants, and other awards.

Today, President Obama signed into law the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act (“Boulder-White Clouds”). This bipartisan bill protects three new wilderness areas over more than 275,000 acres. As he signed this bill into law, the President also called attention to another bipartisan piece of legislation that has yet to be passed: a critical fix to the way we fund our response to wildfires.

Wall Street Reform built a stronger and more stable foundation for economic growth and made our financial system safer and more resilient by curbing excessive risk-taking, closing regulatory gaps, and putting in place the strongest consumer financial protections in history. However, its full benefit to our Nation's citizens and the economy cannot be realized unless the entities charged with establishing and enforcing the rules of the road have the resources and independence to do so. That’s why the President has been clear that we have to fund Wall Street’s regulators at levels that allow them to do their important work, and he’s repeatedly proposed funding levels in each year’s Budget that would be sufficient to implement Wall Street Reform. And that is also why he has repeatedly fought to keep our regulators free from the political whims of Congress.

Federal agencies are undertaking new actions to improve the visa experience for families, workers, employers, and people in need of humanitarian relief.

This week, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that fails to provide for the responsible protection and management of our Nation's natural heritage and resources or fully honor our obligations and commitments to tribal nations. Instead, the House Republican bill includes shortsighted funding cuts that would undermine fiscal responsibility, national conservation, environmental priorities, and our economic competitiveness. Specifically, the House Republican bill blocks investments that rein in future costs to taxpayers by facilitating increased energy development; maintaining facilities and infrastructure; and bolstering preparedness and resilience against the effects a changing climate. The bill reduces support for partnerships with States, local governments, and private entities on efforts to restore and conserve natural resources. And the bill makes it harder for States and businesses to plan and execute changes that will decrease carbon pollution.

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.

President Obama and his Administration are committed to protecting public health and the environment, while Congress is moving in the other direction.

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 and every Federal Agency published a small number of Agency Priority Goals (APG), totaling 91 goals across the Federal Government aimed at improving government performance. As we approach the half-way point in delivery of the CAP Goals, we are seeing real progress and success as agencies work together and break down silos.