“It’s already causing chaos and confusion,” he said of the OMB directive. “The president’s freezing funds for essential and urgent programs that are the responsibility of the Department ...

Matthew Vaeth, Trump’s acting head of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), wrote that the pause, which will take effect on Tuesday evening, is being imposed to ensure that the government ...

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, called a new memo from the White House budget office freezing the disbursement of federal loans and grants ...

The Democratic objections to OMB Director-designate Russ Vought stemmed from three main concerns: the likelihood he will propose slashing federal programs through diminished budgets, his stated ...

Part of the Executive Office of the President, the OMB staff prepares the president’s budget recommendations to Congress and oversees the implementation of the president’s priorities across ...

Federal agencies must report this information to OMB along with an analysis of the requirement. OMB also directs Federal agencies to pause all activities associated with open NOFOs, such as ...

Russell Vought defended plans to review whether a president can withhold approved spending. Democratic senators on Wednesday pressed President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Office of ...

That inconspicuous toilet shut-off valve doesn’t see much action. In fact, that valve may sit for years without ever being closed. That’s not a good thing. After going unused for so long ...

Russell Vought, President Trump’s nominee to be director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), testifies Wednesday with the Senate Budget Committee.

“I do not know a single person who knows more about the federal budget than you do,” said Kennedy. The role isn’t new for Vought who served as OMB director for two years during President Trump’s first ...

It had been set to take effect at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT) on Tuesday. The groups said OMB lacked authority to unilaterally terminate all federal financial assistance programs across the government ...