OMB Final Sequestration Report to the President and Congress for Fiscal Year 2017

by the Management and Budget Office on 05/24/2017.

OMB is issuing its Final Sequestration Report to the President and Congress for FY 2017 to report on compliance of enacted 2017 discretionary appropriations legislation with the discretionary caps. The report finds that enacted appropriations are within the current law defense and non-defense discretionary limits for 2017; therefore, a...

Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards

by the Management and Budget Office on 05/17/2017.

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is updating the final guidance that appeared in the Federal Register on December 26, 2013. Guidance on the effective/applicability date is revised to allow a grace period of one additional fiscal year for non-Federal entities to implement changes to their procurement policies and procedures in accordance...

Notice of Request for Comment on Government-Wide Reform

by the Management and Budget Office on 05/15/2017.

The Executive Office of the President invites the public to suggest improvements to the organization and functioning of the Executive Branch. These suggestions will help inform the development of the proposed Government-wide Reform Plan, designed to create a leaner, more accountable, and more efficient government that works for the American people.

Proposals From the Federal Interagency Working Group for Revision of the Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity

by the Management and Budget Office on 03/01/2017.

OMB requests comments on the proposals that it has received from the Federal Interagency Working Group for Research on Race and Ethnicity (Working Group) for revisions to OMB's Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity. The Working Group's report and proposals, which are presented here in brief and...

2016 Statutory Pay-as-You-Go Act Annual Report

by the Management and Budget Office on 01/26/2017.

This report is being published as required by the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Act of 2010, 2 U.S.C. 931 et seq. The Act requires that OMB issue 1) an annual report as specified in 2 U.S.C. 934(a) and 2) a sequestration order, if necessary.

Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies; Regulatory Freeze Pending Review

by the Management and Budget Office on 01/24/2017.

Performance Appraisal System Certification

by the Personnel Management Office and the Management and Budget Office on 01/19/2017.

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) jointly propose to implement certain requirements contained in the Senior Professional Performance Act of 2008, incorporate OPM policies and to reorganize information for ease of reading. OPM additionally proposes to make conforming changes and...

Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Federal Programs

by the Management and Budget Office on 01/10/2017.

The Office of Management and Budget revised Circular A-94 in 1992. The revised Circular specified certain discount rates to be updated annually when the interest rate and inflation assumptions used to prepare the Budget of the United States Government were changed. These discount rates are found in Appendix C of the revised Circular. The updated...

Reissuance of OMB Circular No. A-108, “Federal Agency Responsibilities for Review, Reporting, and Publication Under the Privacy Act”

by the Management and Budget Office on 12/23/2016.

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has reissued OMB Circular A-108, ``Federal Agency Responsibilities for Review, Reporting, and Publication under the Privacy Act.'' The reissued Circular revises and relocates the guidance that previously had been included in Circular A-130, ``Management of Federal Information Resources,'' Appendix I,...

Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Federal Programs

by the Management and Budget Office on 12/21/2016.

The Office of Management and Budget revised Circular A-94 in 1992. The revised Circular specified certain discount rates to be updated annually when the interest rate and inflation assumptions used to prepare the Budget of the United States Government were changed. These discount rates are found in Appendix C of the revised Circular. The updated...

Anti-Trafficking Risk Management Best Practices & Mitigation Considerations Guidance

by the Federal Procurement Policy Office on 12/08/2016.

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is seeking comment on a draft memorandum that it has developed in coordination with the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons in the Department of State (DOS) and the Department of Labor (DOL), as Co-Chairs of the Procurement and Supply...

Public Availability of Fiscal Year 2014 and Fiscal Year 2015 Agency Inventories Under the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act

by the Management and Budget Office on 12/08/2016.

The Federal Activities Inventory Reform (FAIR) Act, Public Law 105-270, requires agencies to develop inventories each year of activities performed by their employees that are not inherently governmental functions. The FAIR Act further requires OMB to review the inventories in consultation with the agencies. Once that review is complete, agencies...

Improving the Management and Use of Government Aircraft

by the Federal Procurement Policy Office on 11/02/2016.

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing to revise OMB Circular A- 126 ``Improving the Management and Use of Government Aircraft'' to update policies associated with the management and use of Government aircraft, including General Services Administration (GSA) and agency roles in...

Request for Comments on Information Technology Modernization Initiative

by the Management and Budget Office on 10/27/2016.

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is seeking public comment on a draft memorandum titled, ``Information Technology Modernization Initiative.''

Statistical Policy Directive No. 4 Addendum: Release and Dissemination of Statistical Products Produced by Federal Statistical Agencies and Recognized Statistical Units

by the Management and Budget Office on 10/17/2016.

Under the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950 (31 U.S.C. 1104 (d)) and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3504 (e)), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issues for comment a proposed Addendum to Statistical Policy Directive No. 4: Release and Dissemination of Statistical Products Produced by Federal Statistical...

Statistical Policy Directive No. 2: Standards and Guidelines for Statistical Surveys; Addendum: Standards and Guidelines for Cognitive Interviews

by the Management and Budget Office on 10/12/2016.

Under the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950 (31 U.S.C. 1104 (d)) and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3504 (e)), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is issuing Statistical Policy Directive No. 2 Addendum: Standards and Guidelines for Statistical Surveys. This Addendum provides Standards and Guidelines for...

Category Management

by the Federal Procurement Policy Office on 10/07/2016.

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing to issue a new OMB Circular, Implementing Category Management for Common Goods and Services, to codify category management, a strategic practice where Federal contracting for common goods and services is managed by categories of spending...

Request for Comments on Proposed OMB Circular No. A-108, “Federal Agency Responsibilities for Review, Reporting, and Publication Under the Privacy Act”

by the Management and Budget Office on 10/07/2016.

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is requesting comments on proposed Circular A-108, ``Federal Agency Responsibilities for Review, Reporting, and Publication under the Privacy Act.'' The proposed Circular is available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ inforeg_infopoltech.

Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity

by the Management and Budget Office on 09/30/2016.

The Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity were last revised in 1997 (62 FR 58782, Oct. 30, 1997; see https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ fedreg_1997standards). Since these revisions were implemented, much has been learned about how these standards have improved the quality of Federal information...

OMB Sequestration Update Report to the President and Congress for Fiscal Year 2017

by the Management and Budget Office on 08/25/2016.

OMB is issuing the OMB Sequestration Update Report to the President and Congress for Fiscal Year 2017 to report on the status of the discretionary caps and on the compliance of pending discretionary appropriations legislation with those caps. For fiscal year 2016, the report finds enacted appropriations to be within the spending limits. The...