Definition
The Office of Management and Budget is a federal office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States. It oversees the preparation of the federal budget, reviews proposed regulations from federal agencies (including the FAA), and approves information-collection requirements imposed on the public, such as forms and reporting requests.
Plain English
OMB is the White House office that helps the President build the federal budget and signs off on new rules and forms that government agencies want to use.
Context Anchor
Pilots may see OMB on FAA forms, handbook pages, notices, or other official paperwork, often near an approval or control number.
Why Pilots Care
Pilots rarely deal with OMB directly, but its approval is why FAA forms (medical applications, registration paperwork, reporting forms) carry an OMB control number — a sign the form has been cleared for official use.
Intuition Check
OMB is not an aircraft system, a flight procedure, or an FAA office. Here it means a federal management office connected with government paperwork and budgets.
Example Sentence 1
The bottom of the medical application form showed an OMB control number, confirming the form was officially approved for use.
Example Sentence 2
OMB clearance is needed before certain FAA regulatory changes can move forward.