Office of Management and Budget

Written by Jonathan Milner

Definition

The largest office in the Executive Office of the President. It prepares the president's budget proposal, reviews agency regulations, and checks how well agencies carry out programs. Its director must be confirmed by the Senate.

Example

Each year the president's budget, prepared by OMB, is due to Congress by the first Monday in February. It is a proposal: Congress decides the final spending.

 

Questions

  1. Define the Office of Management and Budget and identify where it sits in the executive branch.

  2. Explain the role OMB plays in creating the federal budget.

  3. Describe how OMB's review of regulations gives the president influence over the bureaucracy.

  4. Explain the difference between the OMB and the Congressional Budget Office.

  5. Explain why the president's budget is only a proposal.

  6. Identify the constitutional power that lets Congress have the final say on spending.

  7. Describe how OMB connects to the debate over presidential impoundment.

  8. Should the president or Congress have more control over the budget? Explain.

  9. What emoji would do a good job of expressing the concept OMB?

  10. Translate Office of Management and Budget into plain English.

Remember!

Now, let’s commit this term to our long-term memory. On a scrap piece of paper, take 10 or 20 seconds to draw the Office of Management and Budget! Draw with symbols or stick figures if you wish. Nothing fancy. Don’t expect a masterpiece. No one else will see this but you. Look at your drawing. That’s all - now it’s downloaded into your memory. Destroy the piece of paper in a most delightful way.

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