For example, the Management and Operations Division helps ensure that OMB has the staff resources, physical facilities, equipment, and information systems needed to accomplish its mission. The Strategic Planning and Communications Office is the principal resource of national, regional, and local media organizations for information about the Federal Budget and other areas of OMB responsibility. OMB also shares responsibility for space management and building construction policy with GSA and responsibility for personnel policy with Office of Personnel Management.
Skip to main content Skip to footer site map. The Office of Performance and Personnel Management OPPM works with agencies to encourage use and communication of performance information and to improve results and transparency.
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs OIRA has a number of functions, including information policy, statistical policy, and regulatory policy. Legislative Proposals. Agencies reviewing a draft bill may favor it or have no objection. One or more may propose substantive or technical amendments, or perhaps a complete substitute. Divergent views can be reconciled by telephone, letter, e-mail, or interagency meetings called by OMB. Major legislation is sometimes transmitted by the President.
In practically all instances, however, disagreements are resolved through discussions at the policy levels of OMB and the agencies. If agencies are asked by congressional committees to testify or send letters on pending legislation, or wish to volunteer a letter, similar clearance procedures are followed as for legislative proposals, described above.
This report provides a concise overview of OMB and its major functions, and highlights a number of issues influenced by OMB in matters of policy, budget, management, and OMB's internal operations. This report will be updated annually. The Office of Management and Budget traces its origin to Concern about OMB's accountability prompted Congress to make the director and deputy director subject to Senate confirmation in 88 Stat.
Congress also established four statutory offices within OMB to oversee several cross-cutting processes and management matters.
The current profile of OMB's leadership and organizational structure is available on the agency's website. In addition, RMOs are tasked with integrating management, budget, and policy perspectives in their work as a result of OMB's latest major reorganization in Below the PAD level, RMO staff are almost always career civil servants, and are organized into divisions and branches.
The fourth office, OIRA, has a broad portfolio of responsibilities, including regulation, information policy and technology, paperwork reduction, statistical policy, and privacy. Analysts in the statutory offices develop policy, coordinate implementation, and work with the RMOs on agency-specific issues. OMB's seven support offices also play key roles. The Legislative Reference Division LRD coordinates review of agencies' draft bills, congressional testimony, and correspondence to ensure compliance with the President's policy agenda.
The other support offices are general counsel, legislative affairs, communications, and administration. Figure 1 shows OMB's historical staffing. Government , FY through FY Vertical lines indicate presidential first-term inaugurations e. Nixon was inaugurated for his first term on January 20, , during FY Data do not include details from other agencies to OMB. Data from FY to FY indicate average number of employees instead of full-time equivalents FTEs , and from FY to FY do not include employees doing reimbursable work for other agencies.
The agency was called BOB until OMB's budget is driven mainly by personnel costs. Figure 2 shows OMB's budget history. Vertical lines indicate presidential first-term inaugurations. Data from FY to FY do not include obligations from reimbursable work. To calculate constant dollars, obligations were divided by "Total Non-defense" deflators from The Budget of the U. In addition to reviewing government collections of information from the public under the Paperwork Reduction Act, OIRA reviews draft proposed and final rules under Executive Order and develops and oversees the implementation of government-wide policies in the areas of information policy, privacy, and statistical policy.
OIRA also oversees agency implementation of the Information Quality Act, including the peer review practices of agencies. The Desk Officer will either approve the rulemaking for publication, or a formal review will be initiated. Such review also helps to promote adequate interagency review of draft proposed and final regulatory actions, so that such actions are coordinated with other agencies to avoid inconsistent, incompatible, or duplicative policies.
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