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Executive Order 13615

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Office of Management and Budget

This executive order establishes the line of succession for acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget when both the Director and Deputy Director are unable to serve. It revokes the previous succession order from 2005 and specifies 13 OMB officials in priority order to assume the role.

Federal Register Open PDF 77 FR 31159

Impact dates

  1. Revoke Executive Order 13370 of January 13, 2005

Key directives

  • Establish order of succession for OMB Director when both Director and Deputy Director are unable to serve
  • List 13 OMB officials in designated succession priority
  • Prohibit acting officials from assuming Director role via this succession order
  • Require eligibility under Federal Vacancies Reform Act for succession
  • Preserve presidential discretion to depart from this order
  • Revoke Executive Order 13370 of January 13, 2005

Timeline

Immediate

  • Revocation of EO 13370 (2005 succession order)
  • New succession order takes effect

Near term (90d)

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Long term

  • Standing succession protocol for OMB leadership vacancies

Risks & tensions

  • Succession depth (13 officials) provides redundancy but may create confusion in crisis
  • Presidential discretion clause (Sec. 2(c)) allows override, potentially creating uncertainty
  • Acting capacity exclusion (Sec. 2(a)) may complicate transitions if multiple roles are temporarily filled
Executive Order 13615: Providing an Order of Succession Within the Office of Management and Budget · Executive Orders