United States Office of Management and Budget Archives

How U.S. government statistics work, explained by the country’s Chief Statistician

Henry Farrell - August 7, 2017

[caption id="attachment_61857" align="alignleft" width="800"] U.S. employment statistics 2009-2017. (Ben Moore/Wikimedia,

Henry Farrell - August 4, 2017

[caption id="attachment_61719" align="alignleft" width="396"] Former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer

Philip Joyce - June 14, 2017

[caption id="attachment_59853" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Health and Human Services Secretary Tom

Andrew Rudalevige - April 28, 2017

[caption id="attachment_57345" align="alignleft" width="1024"] In a 1979 internal memo, OMB

Andrew Rudalevige - March 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_55439" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump talks before signing an

Sarah Binder - March 15, 2017

[caption id="attachment_55381" align="aligncenter" width="960"] U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks

Andrew Rudalevige and Kevin Kosar - February 2, 2017

[caption id="attachment_53501" align="aligncenter" width="960"] House Speaker Paul D. Ryan and

Andrew Rudalevige - January 30, 2017

The flood of executive directives flowing from the White House —

Russell Mills, Nicole Kalaf-Hughes, and Jason MacDonald - August 18, 2015

[caption id="attachment_28620" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] (Joseph Toscano)[/caption] When August comes to

Andrew Rudalevige - May 30, 2014

[caption id="attachment_11152" align="alignleft" width="300" special=""] The VA scandal shows good