The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) serves the President of the United States in overseeing the implementation of his vision across the Executive Branch. Specifically, OMB’s mission is to assist the President in meeting his policy, budget, management and regulatory objectives and to fulfill the agency’s statutory responsibilities.

OMB has offices devoted to the development and execution of the Federal Budget, various government-wide management portfolios, and OMB-wide functional responsibilities.

 

Mission Implementation

OMB carries out its mission through five critical processes that are essential to the President’s ability to plan and implement his priorities across the Executive Branch:

1. Budget development and execution - A significant government-wide process managed from the Executive Office of the President and a mechanism by which a President implements decisions, policies, priorities, and actions in all areas.
2. Management - Including oversight of agency performance, human capital, Federal procurement, financial management, and information technology.
3. Regulatory policy - Coordination and review of all significant Federal regulations by executive agencies, to reflect Presidential priorities and to ensure that economic and other impacts are assessed as part of regulatory decision-making, along with review and assessment of information collection requests.
4. Legislative clearance and coordination - Review and clearance of all agency communications with Congress, including testimony and draft bills to ensure consistency of agency legislative views and proposals with Presidential policy.
5. Executive Orders and Presidential Memoranda - The mechanisms by which the President directs specific government-wide actions by Executive Branch officials.