http://www.mail.com/organizations/45578-us-office-management-budget.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/45578-us-office-management-budget.html http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089492-obama-picks-budget-official-to-troubled-irs.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama picked a senior White House budget official to become the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday, the same day another top official announced plans to leave the agency amid the controversy over agents targeting tea party groups. Obama named longtime civil servant Daniel Werfel as the acting IRS com... Fri, 17 May 2013 02:04:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089492-obama-picks-budget-official-to-troubled-irs.html 2013-05-17T02:04:42Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2090854-obama-walking-familiar-path-irs-allegations.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service controversy dogging President Barack Obama is hardly the first time a White House and the tax agency have been accused of political meddling and bias. Nor is it the first time that political and social advocacy groups have searched for and exploited loopholes and fine points in the federal tax code. Over the ... Thu, 16 May 2013 19:25:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2090854-obama-walking-familiar-path-irs-allegations.html 2013-05-16T19:25:35Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2091336-ap-source-obama-to-tap-werfel-acting-irs-head.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will appoint senior White House budget officer Daniel Werfel to be acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, a White House official says. Werfel will replace Steven Miller, ousted Wednesday amid revelations that the IRS improperly singled out conservative groups for special scrutiny. The 42-year-old Werf... Thu, 16 May 2013 19:04:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2091336-ap-source-obama-to-tap-werfel-acting-irs-head.html 2013-05-16T19:04:09Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2069924-treasury-secretarys-loopy-signature-improving.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew may not have succeeded yet in getting a grand budget bargain with Congress, but at least his handwriting is improving. And it is expected to be even better when the time comes for him to affix his "Jacob Lew" to the nation's currency. Lew's handwriting was so bad before that it even drew presidential notice. ... Wed, 08 May 2013 01:16:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2069924-treasury-secretarys-loopy-signature-improving.html 2013-05-08T01:16:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2061608-hill-aides-white-house-recalculates-spending-cuts.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House budget office is recalculating how to apply automatic spending cuts for a handful of agencies, freeing up almost $4 billion for the Pentagon and another $1 billion or so for other agencies like the Homeland Security Department and NASA. Capitol Hill aides familiar with the White House changes say the administration has id... Fri, 03 May 2013 21:32:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2061608-hill-aides-white-house-recalculates-spending-cuts.html 2013-05-03T21:32:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2042628-flood-weary-fargo-nd-lobbies-permanent.html FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Filling and laying sandbags has become a civic rite of spring in Fargo, where the swollen Red River has caused major flooding in three of the past four years. With the region finally thawing out from another unusually snowy winter and the river again rising, local leaders are using this year's communitywide campaign to build support for... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:23:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2042628-flood-weary-fargo-nd-lobbies-permanent.html 2013-04-24T21:23:26Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2042296-senate-confirms-white-house-budget-director.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed Sylvia Burwell, President Barack Obama's nominee to run the White House budget office. The vote was 96-0. Obama applauded the bipartisan vote. He said as his new director of the Office of Management and Budget, Burwell will help his administration continue efforts to replace recent across-the-board budget cuts. O... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2042296-senate-confirms-white-house-budget-director.html 2013-04-24T18:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2004736-pentagon-struggles-with-high-cost-health-care.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The loud, insistent calls in Washington to rein in the rising costs of Social Security and Medicare ignore a major and expensive entitlement program — the military's health care system. Despite dire warnings from three defense secretaries about the uncontrollable cost, Congress has repeatedly rebuffed Pentagon efforts to establish higher... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 07:55:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2004736-pentagon-struggles-with-high-cost-health-care.html 2013-04-08T07:55:37Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1996138-obama-to-return-5-percent-salary-to-treasury.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Sharing a bit of budget pain, President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury in a show of solidarity with federal workers smarting from government-wide spending cuts. Obama's decision grew out of a desire to share in the sacrifice that government employees are making, a White House official said Wednesday. Hun... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:58:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1996138-obama-to-return-5-percent-salary-to-treasury.html 2013-04-04T02:58:03Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1991516-obama-nominates-economic-aide-to-2nd-budget-slot.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has nominated one of his senior economic advisers as deputy director of the White House budget office. Obama has chosen Brian Deese as his nominee for the number two slot at the Office of Management and Budget, a key position as Obama and Congress confront ongoing fiscal challenges. Deese has been deputy director o... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:14:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1991516-obama-nominates-economic-aide-to-2nd-budget-slot.html 2013-04-01T20:14:12Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1991218-furlough-notices-to-presidential-budget-staff.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says 480 workers on the president's budget staff have been notified they may have to take days off without pay because of a partisan budget stalemate. Press secretary Jay Carney wouldn't say whether notices have gone out to other aides to President Barack Obama outside the Office of Management and Budget, including senior... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:17:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1991218-furlough-notices-to-presidential-budget-staff.html 2013-04-01T18:17:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1968498-shore-kids-wowed-govs-copter-white-house-pals.html STONE HARBOR, N.J. (AP) — The fact that their school recently became the first one to reopen after having been shuttered by Superstorm Sandy didn't faze a group of kindergartners at the Jersey shore. Nor did the fact that a man who might someday run for president was standing in front of the floor rug where they have story time. While it was nice that Rep... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:11:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1968498-shore-kids-wowed-govs-copter-white-house-pals.html 2013-03-20T21:11:29Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1931974-energy-nominee-favors-all-of-the-above-approach.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Energy Department advocates an all-of-the-above approach to energy and favors natural gas as a "bridge fuel" to help the country develop clean energy. Ernest Moniz, a physics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, leads the MIT Energy Initiative, a research group that gets fund... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:40:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1931974-energy-nominee-favors-all-of-the-above-approach.html 2013-03-05T17:40:30Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1929654-obama-nominates-wal-marts-burwell-budget-chief.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Wal-Mart's Sylvia Mathews Burwell as his next budget chief, thrusting her into the center of Washington's heated partisan budget battles. Obama announced Burwell's selection to lead the Office of Management and Budget during a White House ceremony, noting that her appointment comes as government... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:04:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1929654-obama-nominates-wal-marts-burwell-budget-chief.html 2013-03-04T16:04:31Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1928980-obama-to-tap-walmarts-burwell-budget-chief.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate Walmart's Sylvia Mathews Burwell as his next budget director, a senior administration official said. If confirmed by the Senate, Burwell would take the helm at the Office of Management and Budget at a time of heated budget battles between the White House and congressional Republicans. She wo... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:48:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1928980-obama-to-tap-walmarts-burwell-budget-chief.html 2013-03-04T00:48:03Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1918214-unions-aim-to-soften-impact-cuts-workers.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal employee labor unions are trying to soften the blow for more than 1 million government workers who may be forced to take unpaid time off if mandatory budget cuts kick in this week. Union leaders have been working furiously to persuade agency managers to make other cuts that won't affect employee paychecks. But if agencies do insi... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:52:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1918214-unions-aim-to-soften-impact-cuts-workers.html 2013-02-27T15:52:21Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1917580-white-house-congress-face-cuts-details-lacking.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and Congress won't be immune to the automatic cuts in federal spending scheduled to kick in Friday. But for all the grim warnings the Obama administration has been detailing about the effect on everything from meat packing plants to airports, the consequences of the cuts on the politicians who concocted the idea are much sketchier. ... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:58:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1917580-white-house-congress-face-cuts-details-lacking.html 2013-02-26T22:58:02Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1869114-diversity-obama-job-selections.html WASHINGTON (AP) — As he prepares to announce a new wave of Cabinet and other senior posts, President Barack Obama is aiming to put a more diverse face on his administration — an image that was missing as he filled the first round of vacancies of his second term with a parade of white men. Obama is said to be looking at women, Latinos and openly gay candid... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1869114-diversity-obama-job-selections.html 2013-02-05T07:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1837976-white-house-obama-wouldnt-block-gop-debt-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says it won't oppose a House Republican proposal to increase the nation's $16.4 trillion borrowing authority for only three months, even though President Barack last week decried such short-term measures as harmful to the economy. The White House Office of Management and Budget issued a statement Tuesday saying t... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1837976-white-house-obama-wouldnt-block-gop-debt-bill.html 2013-01-22T20:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1808820-obama-to-tap-budget-expert-lew-to-lead-treasury.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will nominate White House chief of staff Jack Lew to be his second-term Secretary of the Treasury, turning to one of Washington's most knowledgeable budget experts to manage prickly fiscal negotiations with Congress and steer the still-shaky national economy. Lew's nomination, expected Thursday, accelerates the ove... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1808820-obama-to-tap-budget-expert-lew-to-lead-treasury.html 2013-01-09T21:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763312-gop-decries-looming-regulatory-cliff-term.html WASHINGTON (AP) — While the "fiscal cliff" of looming tax increases and spending cuts dominates political conversation in Washington, some Republicans and business groups see signs of a "regulatory cliff" that they say could be just as damaging to the economy. For months, federal agencies and the White House have sidetracked dozens of major regulations th... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763312-gop-decries-looming-regulatory-cliff-term.html 2012-12-13T19:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1744080-pentagon-planning-massive-budget-cuts.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department has begun planning for the roughly $500 billion in personnel and program cuts over a decade that will be needed if Congress and the White House fail to reach a deal that would avoid the double hit of tax hikes and automatic spending reductions dubbed the "fiscal cliff." Department spokesman George Little said the c... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1744080-pentagon-planning-massive-budget-cuts.html 2012-12-05T19:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1711820-obamas-education-agenda-dominated-loose-ends.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's education agenda for next four years may look less like real reform and more like tying up loose ends, experts say, with practical budget issues and an age-old power struggle between Congress and the administration getting in the way. Campaign-year aspirations for Obama's second term included closing the educatio... Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1711820-obamas-education-agenda-dominated-loose-ends.html 2012-11-19T21:06:00Z