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May 17, 2013 at 10:28 AM EDT

Building a 21st Century Infrastructure: Better Outcomes, Faster Timelines, and Less Red Tape

Cutting red tape and streamlining the process for making permitting decisions will help us meet the President’s goal of cutting in half the timelines for major infrastructure projects, while creating better outcomes for our communities and for the environment.
April 15, 2013 at 11:50 AM EDT

A Plan to Create Jobs and Cut the Deficit

The President’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget is a concrete plan to create jobs and cut the deficit. We do not need to choose between these two priorities. The President’s balanced, compromise plan proves we can do both.
April 9, 2013 at 11:50 AM EDT

Building a 21st Century Government by Cutting Duplication, Fragmentation, and Waste

The Administration is strongly committed to reducing duplication and fragmentation and has worked hard over the last four years to make that happen.
March 27, 2013 at 3:00 PM EDT

PortfolioStat 2.0: Driving Better Management and Efficiency in Federal IT

OMB's Office of E-Government and Information Technology releases new PortfolioStat guidance to continue drive further management improvements, save billions of dollars across the Federal Government, and improve services to Americans through the use of technology.
March 14, 2013 at 12:56 PM EDT

Freezing the Footprint

The Administration has made it a priority for Federal agencies to dispose of unneeded properties and make more efficient use of the Government’s real estate assets. As the next step in this effort, today, OMB is issuing guidance to direct agencies to implement a “Freeze the Footprint” policy for Federal real estate.
March 12, 2013 at 6:21 PM EDT

Working to Deliver Improved Performance

The Administration provided the first-ever quarterly progress update on the government’s 14 Cross-Agency Priority Goals and 103 Agency Priority Goals.
February 20, 2013 at 3:59 PM EDT

Launch of the Administration’s Strategy to Mitigate the Theft of U.S. Trade Secrets

U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel announces the upcoming release of a strategy focused on protecting the innovation that drives the American economy and supports jobs in the United States.
February 1, 2013 at 11:04 AM EDT

A Proposal for Better Management of Federal Grants

The Office of Management and Budget published a significant set of proposed reforms to improve the way the government administers the more than $600 billion awarded annually for grants and other types of Federal financial assistance.