The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) functions as the primary budget office for the Executive Branch of the federal government. The OMB oversees the budgetary activities of various federal agencies for the White House and offers advice to senior White House officials on policy, management, legislation, regulatory, procurement, e-gov, and budgetary functions. One of the largest tasks assigned to the office is preparing the President’s annual budget request submitted to Congress, a document that runs into the thousands of pages. Over the last 30 years, the agency has sometimes found itself in the thick of political debates over balancing the federal budget.