= Office of Management and Budget = The '''Office of Management and Budget''' ('''OMB''') is an [[UnitedStates/ExecutiveOfficeOfThePresident|executive office]]. <> ---- == Composition == The office is led by a '''director''', '''deputy director''', and '''deputy director for management'''. These positions are all appointed by the [[UnitedStates/Presidents|president]] with [[UnitedStates/Senate|Senate]] approval. In addition, the '''administrators''' of the offices of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Federal Procurement Policy, and Office of Federal Financial Management are appointed with Senate approval. ---- == History == In 1921, the '''Budget and Accounting Act''' established a '''Bureau of the Budget''' under the [[UnitedStates/DepartmentOfTheTreasury|Treasury]]. The office was moved to the [[UnitedStates/ExecutiveOfficeOfThePresident|Executive Office]] in 1939 due to the budgetary stresses of the [[WorldHistory/WorldWar2|war]]. [[UnitedStates/RichardNixon|Nixon]] reorganized the office into the modern '''Office of Management and Budget'''. ---- CategoryRicottone