The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has halted disbursement of federal aid as part of an order from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to halt loan and grant distribution ...

The OMB ordered a sweeping freeze of federal assistance this week, followed by the whiplash of rescinding a key memo ordering that freeze. It caught even the most senior members of Trump’s party ...

“It’s already causing chaos and confusion,” he said of the OMB directive. “The president’s freezing funds for essential and urgent programs that are the responsibility of the Department ...

Matthew Vaeth, Trump’s acting head of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), wrote that the pause, which will take effect on Tuesday evening, is being imposed to ensure that the government ...

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 ...

A federal judge on Tuesday paused the Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo, which aimed to freeze funding to various federal programs. On Wednesday, the Trump ...

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 ...

"OMB memorandum M-25-13 is rescinded. If you have questions about implementing the President's executive orders, please contact your agency General Counsel," reads the memo sent by Matthew Vaeth ...

With a tool often used in the study of dinosaur fossils, scientists uncovered new details in ornate tattoos on the skin of members of the Chancay culture of Peru. By Becky Ferreira A culture ...

The intricate details of tattoos inked more than 1200 years ago have been made visible by scanning South American mummies with lasers. The mummies, belonging to a pre-Hispanic people known as the ...

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 ...