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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OMB busts government market contractor myths

A main assumption of the campaign is that "early, frequent, and constructive engagement with industry leads to better acquisition outcomes," Field states. 

FierceGovernmentIT FOIAs GSA TechStat documents

Our latest TechStat FOIA request was to the General Services Administration, for meeting materials and follow-up memos related to all TechStat meetings about its IT systems. 

OMB calls for shared services migration by December

As a mechanism for agencies to find shared services OMB says it and the Federal CIO Council will launch later this fiscal year (which ends Sept. 31) an online catalog of IT services available for shared use.

Federal digital strategy misses April release deadline

Federal Deputy Chief Information Officer Lisa Schlosser did not set a new deadline for the digital strategy's release. This is the second time OMB has pushed the strategy back.

Napolitano: Biometric exit could be deployed within 4 years

An enhanced biographic exit program set for rollout in June will serve as a platform for a biometric exit program, said Janet Napolitano.

Continuous monitoring bill would cost $710M to implement says CBO

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

The White House is urging agencies to use a new  Do Not Pay  tool to prevent improper payments. Agencies must develop a plan for conducting pre-payment eligibility reviews using Do Not Pay and submit a draft plan to OMB by June 30.

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...