Office of Management and Budget

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States and is responsible for implementing the president's agenda across the executive branch. The Headquarters of the Office of Management and Budget are located at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. In 1921, Congress passed legislation to create the Bureau of the Budget to assist the president in developing his budget to be enacted or rejected by the House of Representatives under Article One of the Constitution. In 1970, President Richard Nixon led the reorganization of the bureau into its current form as the OMB reporting directly to the president. Originally intended to be a politically neutral and analytical organization, the 1970 restructuring transformed the OMB from a simple budget office to one of the most powerful institutions directly under the president's control. Successive presidents have expanded the scope of duties and power...

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