Regulatory Cooperation in Action

Today we are pleased to announce an important step forward for a joint effort launched by President Obama and Prime Minister Harper to cut unnecessary red tape for companies small and large that want to do business cross our shared border.

Mid-Session Review 2013

Today, OMB released the Mid-Session Review (MSR), which updates the Administration’s estimates for outlays, receipts, and the deficit in light of economic, legislative, and other developments since the President’s 2013 Budget was released in February.

Advise the Advisor: Streamlining, Improving, and Simplifying Rules and Regulations

In the latest edition of Advise the Advisor, Cass Sunstein, Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Administration, asks for your input on how we can continue to streamline, improve, or simplify rules and regulations.

Communications Update

After three and a half years as a valued advisor and strategist and four budgets, OMB’s Associate Director for Communications and Strategic Planning and senior advisor Ken Baer departed last week.

The 2012 SAVE Award

Today, we launched the fourth annual SAVE Award (Securing Americans Value and Efficiency) – a competition for federal employees to submit ideas about how to cut waste, save taxpayer dollars, and make government more effective and efficient.

New Progress, New Leadership at GATB

The effort to create lasting, sustainable transparency and accountability across government is a long-term one, and one that the President and the Vice President are committed to seeing through. That’s why last year, the President created the Government Accountability and Transparency Board (GATB). Using the lessons learned from implementing the Recovery Act, the GATB was charged with recommending ways to improve the tracking and display of Federal spending data and broaden the use of cutting-edge fraud detection technologies.

Building Momentum

The Obama administration is making strides in the Better Building Challenge across the U.S. with the hopes of making new American buildings 20 percent more effective over the next ten years.

Paper Cuts

OIRA Administrator Cass Sunstein announces new steps the Administration is taking to reduce paperwork and reporting burdens on the American public.

Legislative Information

Memoranda 2012

Mid-Session Review

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs