Office of Management and Budget

agency that prepares and evaluates the President of the United States' annual budget to Congress

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP).

Office of Management and Budget
Agency overview
Formed1970
Preceding agency
  • Bureau of the Budget
HeadquartersEisenhower Executive Office Building
Employees529[1]
Annual budget$92.8 million (FY 2011)
Agency executives
  • Matthew Vaeth (acting), Director
  • Vacant, Deputy Director
Parent agencyExecutive Office of the President of the United States
WebsiteOffice of Management and Budget

The Director of the OMB is a member of the executive office of the president. The main job of the OMB is to help the President in preparing the budget.[2] The OMB also measures the quality of agency programs, policies, and procedures and to see if they comply with the President's policies.[3]

List of directors

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List of OMB directors.[4]

Name Start End President Notes
Charles Dawes June 23, 1921 June 30, 1922 Warren G. Harding
(1921–1923)
Herbert Lord July 1, 1922 May 31, 1929
Calvin Coolidge
(1923–1929)
Herbert Hoover
(1929–1933)
Clawson Roop August 15, 1929 March 3, 1933
Lewis Douglas March 7, 1933 August 31, 1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt
(1933–1945)
Daniel Bell September 1, 1934 April 14, 1939
Harold Smith April 15, 1939 June 19, 1946
Harry S. Truman
(1945–1953)
James Webb July 13, 1946 January 27, 1949
Frank Pace February 1, 1949 April 12, 1950
Fred Lawton April 13, 1950 January 21, 1953
Joseph Dodge January 22, 1953 April 15, 1954 Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1953–1961)
Rowland Hughes April 16, 1954 April 1, 1956
Percival Brundage April 2, 1956 March 17, 1958
Maurice Stans March 18, 1958 January 21, 1961
David Bell January 22, 1961 December 20, 1962 John F. Kennedy
(1961–1963)
Kermit Gordon December 28, 1962 June 1, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
(1963–1969)
Charles Schultze June 1, 1965 January 28, 1968
Charles Zwick January 29, 1968 January 21, 1969
Bob Mayo January 22, 1969 June 30, 1970 Richard Nixon
(1969–1974)
George Shultz July 1, 1970 June 11, 1972
Caspar Weinberger June 12, 1972 February 1, 1973
Roy Ash February 2, 1973 February 3, 1975
Gerald Ford
(1974–1977)
James Lynn February 10, 1975 January 20, 1977
Bert Lance January 21, 1977 September 23, 1977 Jimmy Carter
(1977–1981)
Jim McIntyre September 24, 1977 January 20, 1981
David Stockman January 21, 1981 August 1, 1985 Ronald Reagan
(1981–1989)
Jim Miller October 8, 1985 October 15, 1988
Joe Wright October 16, 1988 January 20, 1989
Dick Darman January 25, 1989 January 20, 1993 George H. W. Bush
(1989–1993)
Leon Panetta January 21, 1993 July 17, 1994 Bill Clinton
(1993–2001)
Alice Rivlin October 17, 1994 April 26, 1996
Frank Raines September 13, 1996 May 21, 1998
Jack Lew May 21, 1998 January 19, 2001
Mitch Daniels January 23, 2001 June 6, 2003 George W. Bush
(2001–2009)
Josh Bolten June 6, 2003 April 15, 2006
Rob Portman May 26, 2006 June 19, 2007
Jim Nussle September 4, 2007 January 20, 2009
Peter Orszag January 20, 2009 July 30, 2010 Barack Obama
(2009–2017)
Jeff Zients
Acting
July 30, 2010 November 18, 2010
Jack Lew November 18, 2010 January 27, 2012
Jeff Zients
Acting
January 27, 2012 April 24, 2013
Sylvia Mathews Burwell April 24, 2013 June 9, 2014
Brian Deese
Acting
June 9, 2014 July 28, 2014
Shaun Donovan July 28, 2014 January 20, 2017
Mark Sandy
Acting
January 20, 2017 February 16, 2017 Donald Trump
(2017–2021)
Mick Mulvaney February 16, 2017
On leave: January 2, 2019 – March 31, 2020
March 31, 2020 Became Acting White House Chief of Staff on January 2, 2019, but remained OMB Director through the rest of his tenure.[5]
Russ Vought January 2, 2019
Acting: January 2, 2019 – July 22, 2020
January 20, 2021 Initially Acting Director during Mulvaney's service as Acting White House Chief of Staff continued until Vought was confirmed.[5][6]
Rob Fairweather
Acting
January 20, 2021 March 24, 2021 Joe Biden
(2021–2025)
Shalanda Young March 24, 2021
Acting: March 24, 2021 – March 17, 2022
January 20, 2025 While Young was Acting Director, Jason Miller assumed duties during her parental leave from October 2021 – December 2021.[7][8]
Matthew Vaeth
Acting
January 20, 2025 present Donald Trump
(2025–present)
Russ Vought
(Nominee)
TBD

References

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  1. "FedScope". Office of Management and Budget. Archived from the original on 16 October 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  2. "The Mission and Structure of the Office of Management and Budget". Archived from the original on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  3. "The Mission and Structure of the Office of Management and Budget". The White House. Archived from the original on 2017-05-25. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  4. "Directors of The Office of Management and Budget and The Bureau of the Budget". Office of Management and Budget(Archived). Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Cook, Nancy (4 January 2019). "Mulvaney eggs Trump on in shutdown fight". Politico. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  6. Emma, Caitlin (July 20, 2020). "Senate confirms Russ Vought to be White House budget chief". Politico. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  7. "Acting OMB Director Young to Take Maternal Leave Soon, Jason Miller to Handle Day-to-Day".
  8. "Democrats frustrated by vacancies across government". 21 November 2021.