“Yes, I’m going to support it,” she said of Vought’s nomination to head the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Collins believes that senators should give presidents deference to pick ...

And now, amid the fallout, finger pointing has begun inside the administration, sources said, with the attention turning to Mark Paoletta, OMB's general counsel, who played a key role in drafting ...

The Senate voted 53-47 along party lines on Wednesday to limit debate on Vought’s nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the face of staunch opposition from Democrats.

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"Budget Committee Democrats are boycotting today’s committee vote on Russell Vought’s nomination to OMB," Democratic members said in a post on X. "We will not vote for someone so clearly unfit ...

But although OMB issued guidance on part of the Evidence Act back in 2021, it had yet to give instructions for agencies on how to implement the OPEN Government Data Act. “Federal data is a ...

The law required OMB to put out guidance with minimum requirements for cybersecurity, resiliency and availability for government data centers. That provision builds on lapsed requirements under ...

Russell Vought testifies before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on his second nomination to be OMB director, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, 2025. (Photo by ...

Vought served as OMB’s deputy director from early in the first Trump administration and then took over as acting OMB head in January 2019. He was confirmed by the Senate for that post in July 2020.

So, Laura, remind us of who Russell Vought is and what the OMB does across the federal government. The head of the Office of Management and Budget, Geoff, is not usually a household name ...