The White House is considering changes to the budgeting process that require agencies to spell out their policy goals and show progress in achieving them, an unusual move given the imminent change in administration.
According to emails obtained by The Hill, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) plans to craft a memo in the coming weeks that would overhaul how agencies undertake strategic planning and make progress toward accomplishing their objectives in order to receive funding from Congress.
A source familiar with the discussions described it as an unorthodox step on the part of the Trump administration given that the existing mechanisms “are in place to really make government, ideally, more efficient.” Continue reading.