Topic: Peter Orszag

Peter Orszag

Peter Orszag is the current Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and has accepted the post of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the Obama administration . Peter R. Orszag (November 18, 2008) On December 29 ...

OMB director may be departing

Washington Post reports Peter Orszag may resign in the next few weeks. The White House this afternoon confirmed that Peter Orszag will step down director of the Office of Management and Budget, according to several wire reports.. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs ...
White House budget director Peter Orszag talked tough yesterday about the Obama Administration's plans to reduce the $1-trillion-plus federal deficit. "Right now," Orszag declared, "there are over 110 funded programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics [STEM] education in 14 [federal] departments ...
Administration wants all agencies to cut 5 percent of their discretionary budgets from unneeded programs.. Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, and Peter Orszag, director of the Office of Management and Budget, wants cuts in the upcoming fiscal 2012 budget ...

Protecting Americans

Federal government starts taking its regulatory role seriously under ObamaDuring the Bush administration, industry was largely allowed to do as it wished. The White House gutted regulatory agencies, and regulators routinely ignored the law or watered it down to fit the former ...

White House stands by August goal for healthcare

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House budget director on Sunday accused opponents in Congress of trying to kill off plans to overhaul U.S. healthcare but predicted each house would pass a bill in the next two to three weeks. "There are those ...
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Biographical information on Peter OrszagNAME Peter R. OrszagAGE/HOMETOWN 39. Born Dec. 16, 1968, in Boston.EXPERIENCE Democratic officials say Orszag has been chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to be director of the White House budget office. He is director of the Congressional Budget ...

BREAKING NEWS: Obama picks Peter Orszag as OMB director

President-Elect Barack Obama picks Peter Orszag as the director of the Office of Management and Budget. More details to follow.. [Updated: For the complete story, click here. Government can lead the technology revolution03/12/2009 4 reasons e-records are still a mess03/06/2009