OMB POLICY STATEMENTS
Senate Homeland Security Committee Nominates CPO To Oversee OMB
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) voted to approve the nomination of Jeffrey Zients to serve as the nation's first Chief Performance Officer (CPO), moving the issue to the full Senate. Zients will oversee four statutory offices at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) – Information and Regulatory Affairs, Federal Procurement, E-government and IT, and Federal Financial Management – and fulfill two roles: the deputy director for management at OMB and advisor to the president on performance issues.