Steven VanRoekel will lead the Office of Management and Budget’s management team, following the departure of OMB’s No. 2 official this month.
VanRoekel, however, will continue serving as federal CIO and administrator of the Office of E-Government and Information Technology.
VanRoekel was named federal CIO in 2011 and has served as managing director of the Federal Communications Commission and in an executive director position at the U.S. Agency for International Development. He will fill in for Jeff Zients, who stepped down as OMB’s deputy director for management on May 1, about a week after the Senate confirmed Burwell as OMB director.
Meanwhile, Deputy Controller Norman Dong has been tapped to lead OMB’s Office of Federal Financial Management for now, although he will not serve as acting OMB controller. The previous OMB controller who headed that office, Danny Werfel, was named acting IRS commissioner last week.
-Nicole Blake Johnson, FederalTimes.com
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Federal Drive Interviews -- Oct. 10, 2012
Denise Wu — partner, Clifton Larson Allen
A group of financial experts is working to make federal spending more understandable and transparent to the public. The Office of Federal Financial Management and the Chief Financial Officers Council has moved the idea of a Statement of Spending to the front burner.
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A group of financial experts is working to make federal spending more understandable and transparent to the public. The Office of Federal Financial Management and the Chief Financial Officers Council has moved the idea of a Statement of Spending to the front burner.
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Thursday, March 15, 2012
GAO: OMB Review of Financial Systems Projects
The following report was released by GAO.
Financial Management Systems:
Status of OMB's Review of Financial System Projects.
GAO-12-184R, February 8.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-184R
Financial Management Systems:
Status of OMB's Review of Financial System Projects.
GAO-12-184R, February 8.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-184R
Friday, February 03, 2012
OMB personnel changes are on the way
Changes are coming to the top ranks of the Office of Management and Budget just as the agency prepares to release President Obama’s proposed fiscal 2013 federal budget on Feb. 13.
With OMB Director Jacob J. Lew moving across the street to serve as White House chief of staff and Jeffrey D. Zients sliding into the acting director role, other staffers will be asked to pick up elements of Zients’s previously broad portfolio as deputy director for management.
Danny Werfel, who serves as OMB controller and head of the Office of Federal Financial Management, will also coordinate the administration’s work on financial management, government contracting, information technology, personnel policy and performance management, according to OMB spokeswoman Moira Mack.
-Ed O'Keefe, WashingtonPost.com
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With OMB Director Jacob J. Lew moving across the street to serve as White House chief of staff and Jeffrey D. Zients sliding into the acting director role, other staffers will be asked to pick up elements of Zients’s previously broad portfolio as deputy director for management.
Danny Werfel, who serves as OMB controller and head of the Office of Federal Financial Management, will also coordinate the administration’s work on financial management, government contracting, information technology, personnel policy and performance management, according to OMB spokeswoman Moira Mack.
-Ed O'Keefe, WashingtonPost.com
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Better than the Heisman
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Peter R. Orszag, Director OMB
Tonight, the Senate confirmed Danny Werfel as Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management (OFFM). This is great news for OMB, as Danny brings broad experience and financial acumen to the table. His skills will be tested, as there are serious challenges facing the federal government to improve transparency and drive better results for the American people.
I’ve written before about Danny’s essential role in implementing the President’s ambitious agenda through the transition as Acting Controller, and particularly his work in implementing — with unprecedented accountability and openness — the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
I look forward to his leadership in furthering President’s agenda and in our work going forward; he is, as he has been, vital to what we do.
I thank his wife, Beth, and their children, Sean and Molly, for sharing Danny with us. I join everyone at OMB in congratulating Danny and his family on his confirmation.
P.S. A point of clarification: OMB’s Danny Werfel is not to be confused with Danny Wuerffel, who won the 1996 Heisman trophy as quarterback at the University of Florida, last seen in Washington as a member of the ‘Skins in 2002.
PUBLISHERS NOTE: Congratulations, Danny - Well Deserved!!!
Are you sure you don't want to play QB on the weekends, as well?
Peter R. Orszag, Director OMB
Tonight, the Senate confirmed Danny Werfel as Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management (OFFM). This is great news for OMB, as Danny brings broad experience and financial acumen to the table. His skills will be tested, as there are serious challenges facing the federal government to improve transparency and drive better results for the American people.
I’ve written before about Danny’s essential role in implementing the President’s ambitious agenda through the transition as Acting Controller, and particularly his work in implementing — with unprecedented accountability and openness — the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
I look forward to his leadership in furthering President’s agenda and in our work going forward; he is, as he has been, vital to what we do.
I thank his wife, Beth, and their children, Sean and Molly, for sharing Danny with us. I join everyone at OMB in congratulating Danny and his family on his confirmation.
P.S. A point of clarification: OMB’s Danny Werfel is not to be confused with Danny Wuerffel, who won the 1996 Heisman trophy as quarterback at the University of Florida, last seen in Washington as a member of the ‘Skins in 2002.
PUBLISHERS NOTE: Congratulations, Danny - Well Deserved!!!
Are you sure you don't want to play QB on the weekends, as well?
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Nominee lays out priorities for federal financial management
President Obama's pick to be the government's top financial executive on Wednesday told senators he would focus on reducing improper payments and managing stimulus spending if confirmed.
Danny Werfel, nominated to be head of the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Federal Financial Management, told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee eliminating inefficient spending, including payment errors and investments in unnecessary real property, would be a priority.
Other goals include controlling the cost of financial management operations and modernizations; improving grants management; strengthening financial statement audits at individual agencies and governmentwide; and meeting the Obama administration's transparency requirements, especially for Recovery Act spending, he said.
Werfel, who served as the principal deputy to the controller since March 2006 and completed several stints as acting controller, told the committee government is headed in the right direction. OMB has worked with agencies to reduce payment errors in previously measured programs, shed unneeded assets, improve audit results and make more financial information publicly available, the nominee noted.
While facing systemic and persistent challenges, the financial management office must tackle additional situational challenges such as those presented by the Recovery Act and the Troubled Asset Relief Program. These programs "demand more detailed and timely financial reporting and more sophisticated risk management approaches to be successful," he told senators.
Werfel said he would address these "sweeping challenges" by working with financial managers to move beyond the basics of accounting and reporting to more strategic thinking on how to improve the value of government services; control the cost of operations; prevent waste, fraud and abuse; and improve financial transparency.
Werfel has worked with agencies to initiate risk management processes for their stimulus efforts. He has asked them to identify areas rife with potential for financial errors and has helped them to develop risk mitigation plans. For example, a program that has received 500 to 600 times its normal level of funding as a result of the stimulus act and has not received significant staff boosts, would be susceptible to erroneous payments and should develop a plan for confronting that challenge, he said.
The tools necessary to meet financial management goals are at the government's disposal, according to Werfel. These range from detailed inventories of improper payments and unnecessary real property to technologies that support transaction processing.
Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., acting as chairman of the Senate committee, joked that the sparse attendance at the hearing was a good sign that Werfel's nomination was noncontroversial, and praised Werfel's experience.
-Elizabeth Newell, GovExec.com
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Danny Werfel, nominated to be head of the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Federal Financial Management, told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee eliminating inefficient spending, including payment errors and investments in unnecessary real property, would be a priority.
Other goals include controlling the cost of financial management operations and modernizations; improving grants management; strengthening financial statement audits at individual agencies and governmentwide; and meeting the Obama administration's transparency requirements, especially for Recovery Act spending, he said.
Werfel, who served as the principal deputy to the controller since March 2006 and completed several stints as acting controller, told the committee government is headed in the right direction. OMB has worked with agencies to reduce payment errors in previously measured programs, shed unneeded assets, improve audit results and make more financial information publicly available, the nominee noted.
While facing systemic and persistent challenges, the financial management office must tackle additional situational challenges such as those presented by the Recovery Act and the Troubled Asset Relief Program. These programs "demand more detailed and timely financial reporting and more sophisticated risk management approaches to be successful," he told senators.
Werfel said he would address these "sweeping challenges" by working with financial managers to move beyond the basics of accounting and reporting to more strategic thinking on how to improve the value of government services; control the cost of operations; prevent waste, fraud and abuse; and improve financial transparency.
Werfel has worked with agencies to initiate risk management processes for their stimulus efforts. He has asked them to identify areas rife with potential for financial errors and has helped them to develop risk mitigation plans. For example, a program that has received 500 to 600 times its normal level of funding as a result of the stimulus act and has not received significant staff boosts, would be susceptible to erroneous payments and should develop a plan for confronting that challenge, he said.
The tools necessary to meet financial management goals are at the government's disposal, according to Werfel. These range from detailed inventories of improper payments and unnecessary real property to technologies that support transaction processing.
Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., acting as chairman of the Senate committee, joked that the sparse attendance at the hearing was a good sign that Werfel's nomination was noncontroversial, and praised Werfel's experience.
-Elizabeth Newell, GovExec.com
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Friday, July 31, 2009
More Management Nominations
President Obama on Thursday filled out some of his remaining administration management positions, nominating Daniel Werfel as controller of the Office of Federal Financial Management at the Office of Management and Budget.
Werfel has served as deputy controller since March 2006 and as acting controller during the administration transition. As controller, Werfel will manage the day-to-day operations of the Chief Financial Officers' Council, run the government's financial management improvement plan and coordinate OMB policy on areas such as financial reporting, audits, internal controls, fraud and error reduction, and grants management.
"His leadership in implementing the Recovery Act is just one example of his stellar work over many years - work that led the administration to recognize what those who have worked with him have known for years: Danny's an extraordinarily able public servant," OMB Director Peter Orszag said in a blog post Thursday evening.
Werfel has served as deputy controller since March 2006 and as acting controller during the administration transition. As controller, Werfel will manage the day-to-day operations of the Chief Financial Officers' Council, run the government's financial management improvement plan and coordinate OMB policy on areas such as financial reporting, audits, internal controls, fraud and error reduction, and grants management.
"His leadership in implementing the Recovery Act is just one example of his stellar work over many years - work that led the administration to recognize what those who have worked with him have known for years: Danny's an extraordinarily able public servant," OMB Director Peter Orszag said in a blog post Thursday evening.
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
OMB Reorganizes OFFM and eGov Websites
The OMB website content for OFFM and eGov have been reorganized into a logical repository of information and links related to the subjects of Federal Financial Management and eGovernment. The updated websites can be found at the links below.
Office of Federal Financial Management
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/financial_default/
Office of E-Government & Information Technology
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/e-gov/
Office of Federal Financial Management
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/financial_default/
Office of E-Government & Information Technology
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/e-gov/
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Citizen's Guide to the 2008 Federal Financial Report of the United States Government
This Citizen’s Guide (Guide) highlights important information contained in the 2008 Financial Report of the United States Government. The Secretary of the Treasury, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and Acting Comptroller General of the United States believe that the information discussed in this Guide is important to all Americans.
READ THE REPORT HERE...
You will find more detail on these matters in the Financial Report. You are encouraged to explore the information it contains and to ask questions about how the Government manages taxpayers’ money. The 2008 Financial Report of the United States Government and other information about the nation’s finances are available at:
U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Management Service,
http://www.fms.treas.gov/fr/index.html
OMB’s Office of Federal Financial Management,
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/financial/index.html
GAO,
http://www.gao.gov/financial/fy2008financialreport.html
READ THE REPORT HERE...
You will find more detail on these matters in the Financial Report. You are encouraged to explore the information it contains and to ask questions about how the Government manages taxpayers’ money. The 2008 Financial Report of the United States Government and other information about the nation’s finances are available at:
U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Management Service,
http://www.fms.treas.gov/fr/index.html
OMB’s Office of Federal Financial Management,
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/financial/index.html
GAO,
http://www.gao.gov/financial/fy2008financialreport.html
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Springer will leave OPM
Linda Springer has announced her resignation as director of the Office of Personnel Management effective Aug. 13, an OPM spokesman said today. Springer told Bush administration officials July 15 of her plans to leave OPM to take a position in the private sector.
OPM Deputy Director Howard Weizmann will serve as acting director, the spokesman said.
Springer became OPM director in June 2005 after being comptroller in the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Federal Financial Management. While in that position, she reduced the turnaround time for agencies to report their year-end financial results from five months to 45 days, OPM said.
She is a principal of the government’s Joint Financial Management Improvement Program and was named a National Academy of Public Administration Fellow in 2006.
-Mary Mosquera, FCW.com
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OPM Deputy Director Howard Weizmann will serve as acting director, the spokesman said.
Springer became OPM director in June 2005 after being comptroller in the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Federal Financial Management. While in that position, she reduced the turnaround time for agencies to report their year-end financial results from five months to 45 days, OPM said.
She is a principal of the government’s Joint Financial Management Improvement Program and was named a National Academy of Public Administration Fellow in 2006.
-Mary Mosquera, FCW.com
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