1.C: Policy Priorities
Ensure that policies developed and reviewed by OMB are consistent with the President's fiscal, economic and other policy priorities
as reflected in the budget.
Other Information:
Relationship to Annual Performance Goals: Each annual budget contains a series of new initiatives as well as descriptions
of ongoing programs designed to achieve policy objectives. The extent to which these initiatives and objectives are achieved
and lead to improved results can be described in both quantitative and qualitative terms. It will be important to properly
characterize OMB's role in the results achieved. Means and Strategies: OMB provides fiscal, economic, and other advice to
the President on ways to shape his policy goals and on methods to achieve those goals, with emphasis on such issues as increasing
economic growth by improving fiscal discipline, assessing whether the benefits of current and proposed government programs
outweigh costs, and increasing the efficiency of government operations. OMB also reviews current and proposed policies, including
regulatory policies, to ensure that they are consistent with statutory principles and the fiscal, economic, regulatory and
information policy priorities of the President. As appropriate, OMB staff will include the impact of policy decisions on growth
in their budget, legislative, and regulatory review issue papers. External Factors: OMB's ability to achieve this objective
will depend to at least some extent on the other offices in the Executive Office of the President and other agencies that
may have important roles in such policy development.
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