The Office of Management and Budget is a cabinet-rank office within the Executive Office of the President (EOP).  The OMB was organized by the Nixon administration from the previous Bureau of the Budget. Its main function is to assist the president in overseeing the formation of the budget and its implementation in government agencies. 
The management component of OMB oversees personnel, information technology, financial transactions and federal procurement policy-related actions. One of the offices within this side of the OMB is the Office of E-Government and Information Technology (E-Gov), which is headed by the appointed federal government's chief information officer. Click here for a complete organizational chart. Agency officials often elaborate on official memoranda and executive orders with posts to the OMB blog. The OMB website also has interactive features to help citizens better understand the budget, such as this fiscal 2012 budget tool.

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Napolitano: Biometric exit could be deployed within 4 years

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A bill set for consideration on the House floor this week that would amend FISMA to explicitly include continuous monitoring would cost $710 million over 5 years, says CBO.

VA exempt from sequestration, says OMB

Unless Congress moves to reverse provisions of the Budget Control Act it approved in 2011, the federal government faces the likelihood of having to shave $98 billion from its fiscal 2013 budget this January.

White House emphasizes need for privacy protection in cybersecurity bills

A National Security Council spokeswoman says the White House wants to ensure that cybersecurity legislation includes "robust safeguards to preserve the privacy."

White House hopes Do Not Pay will be agencies' one-stop solution for eligibility checks

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DOE comes closer to launching electricity sector cybersecurity maturity pilot

The Energy Department says it’s taken one step closer to launching its “Electricity Sector Cybersecurity Risk Management Maturity Pilot” with the project now awaiting Paperwork...

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