OMB

American  

Or O.M.B.

U.S. Government.

1. Office of Management and Budget: the division of the Executive Office of the President that prepares and administers the federal budget and improves management in the executive branch.

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Example Sentences

The OMB detailed the initial gains in its September midsession review to Congress, but this week provided me updated estimates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

When ProPublica asked about the funding delays and the State Department’s explanation, OMB communications director Rachel Cauley said in an email, “That’s absolutely false. And that’s not even how this process works.”

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

They are why the Senate passed, 77-20, a National Defense Authorization Act delivering $32 billion above the OMB request and on top of the money authorizers included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

“We work for the president of the United States,” a senior agency official who regularly deals with the OMB told ProPublica.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025

Technical staff discussions and meetings between a CEA member, a Treasury assistant secretary and an associate director of the OMB would review the evidence on which a forecast would be based.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas