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Contents 1 Overview 2 Publication Schedule 3 Forms Available Online 4 Completed Records Available Online 4.1 Budget Documents and Tables 4.2 Agency Circulars 4.2.1 Budget Circulars 4.2.2 State and Local Government Circulars 4.2.3 Educational and Non-Profit Institutions Circulars 4.2.4 Procurement Circulars 4.2.5 Circulars: Federal Financial Management Documents 4.2.6 Circulars: Federal Information Resources/ Data Collection Documents 4.3 Reports 5 Completed records with unclear status

Overview

The definition of "form" and "completed record" are unique. A form is an available document while a completed record is an available record maintained by the agency for public use that includes information.

Publication Schedule

Forms Available Online

Completed Records Available Online

What records are available online, completed with information that the public can review and what format are these records in?

Budget Documents and Tables

Online: Yes

Bulk/aggregate data: Yes

Individual data: Yes

Format: xls, csv, pdf for text (searchable)

Years: FS 2012, 1940 - 2016 in some cases

• The President's budget, with detailed analysis, is available for review.
• Federal Grants to State and Local Governments - Budget Authority and Outlays (available in searchable, sortable xls)
• Current Services Budget Authority and Outlays by Function, Category, and Program (available in searchable, sortable xls)
• Budget Authority and Outlays by Function, Category, and Program (available in searchable, sortable xls)
• Historic Tables are available to download in bulk (764 KB) or individually. All are available in searchable, sortable xls. format.
• Supplemental Materials including a Tax Expenditures spreadsheet (xls)
• An appendix section that contains information on individual programs and accounts for each agency. Information is available in xls, pdf, html.
• Fact Sheets to summarize every agency's action or key issues.

Agency Circulars

Online: Yes
Bulk/aggregate data: No
Individual data: Yes
Format: pdf, hmtl (in some cases)
Years: as early as 1952

Agency circulars are issued by OMB to Federal agencies. You can obtain circulars that are not available on the website if you know what you are looking for by calling OMB.

Documents available to review:

Budget Circulars

• OMB Circular A-11 - Preparation, Submission and Execution of the Budget
• OMB Circular A-19 - Legislative Coordination and Clearance
• OMB Circular A-25 - User Charges
• OMB Circular A-45 - Rental and Construction of Government Quarters
• OMB Circular A-76 - Performance of Commercial Activities
• Docket of Comments to Proposed Revised OMB Circular A-76 (2002)
• OMB Circular A-94 - Discount Rates to be Used in Evaluating Time-Distributed Costs and Benefits
• OMB Circular A-97 - Specialized or Technical Services for State and Local Governments
• OMB Circular A-131 - Value Engineering

State and Local Government Circulars

• OMB Circular A-16 - Coordination of Geographic Information, and Related Spatial Data Activities
• OMB Circular A-87 - Cost Principles for State, Local, and Indian Tribal Governments
• OMB Circular A-97 - Provisions of Specialized and Technical Services to State and Local Governments
• OMB Circular A-102 - Grants and Cooperative Agreements With State and Local Governments
• OMB Circular A-133 - Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations

Educational and Non-Profit Institutions Circulars

• OMB Circular A-21 - Cost Principles for Educational Institutions
• OMB Circular A-110 - Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Other Agreements with Institutions of *Higher Education, Hospitals and Other Non-Profit Organizations
• OMB Circular A-122 - Cost Principles for Non-Profit Organizations
• OMB Circular A-133 - Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations

Procurement Circulars

• OMB Circular A-76 (May 29, 2003) including changes made by OMB Memorandum M-07-02
• Implementing the FAIR Act
• Proposed Revised OMB Circular A-76
• Docket of Comments to Proposed Revised OMB Circular A-76
• Historical Circular A-76 - Performance of Commercial Activities
• OMB Circular A-123
• OMB Circular A-131 - Value Engineering

Circulars: Federal Financial Management Documents

• OMB Circular A-21 - Cost Principles for Educational Institutions, Relocated to 2 CFR, Part 220 (30 pages, 384 kb)
• OMB Circular A-50 - Audit Followup
• OMB Circular A-87 - Cost Principles for State, Local, and Indian Tribal Governments, Relocated to 2 CFR, Part 225 (18 pages, 362 kb)
• OMB Circular A-102 - Grants and Cooperative Agreements with State and Local Governments
• OMB Circular A-110 - Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Other Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit Organizations, Relocated to 2 CFR, Part 215 (32 pages, 243 kb)
• OMB Circular A-122 - Cost Principles for Nonprofit Organizations, Relocated to 2 CFR, Part 230 (32 pages, 235 kb)
• OMB Circular A-123 -Management's Responsibility for Internal Control (Effective beginning with Fiscal Year 2006)
• OMB Circular A-125 - was rescinded and replaced by the Prompt Pay regulations at 5 CFR Part 1315
• OMB Circular A-127 - Policies and Standards for Financial Management Systems
• OMB Circular A-129 - Policies for Federal Credit Programs and Non-Tax Receivables
• OMB Circular A-133, Audits of States, Local Governments and Non-Profit Organizations (includes revisions published in the Federal Register 06/27/2003 and 06/26/2007) (34 pages, 173 kb)
• OMB Circular A-134 - Financial Accounting Principles and Standards
• OMB Circular A-136 - Financial Reporting Requirements - Revised (09/29/1010) (177 pages, 1.12 mb)

Circulars: Federal Information Resources/ Data Collection Documents

• OMB Circular A-16 - Coordination of Geographic Information, and Related Spatial Data Activities
• OMB Circular A-89 - Federal Domestic Assistance Program Information
• OMB Circular A-130 - Management of Federal Information Resources HTML or PDF (23 pages, 92 kb)

===== Circulars with a Special Purpose

• OMB Circular A-1 - OMB's System of Circulars and Bulletins
• OMB Circular A-4 - Regulatory Analysis (09/17/03) HTML or PDF (48 pages, 435 kb)
• OMB Circular A-16 - Coordination of Geographic Information, and Related Spatial Data Activities
• OMB Circular A-89 - Federal Domestic Assistance Program Information
• OMB Circular A-97 - Provision of Specialized and Technical Services to State and Local Units of Government
• OMB Circular A-119 - Transmittal Memorandum dated 2/10/98, Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities
• OMB Circlar A-126- Improving the Management and Use of Government Aircraft
• OMB Circular A-131 - Value Engineering
• OMB Circular A-135 - Management of Federal Advisory Committees

Reports

Online: Yes

Bulk/aggregate data: No

Individual data: Yes

Format: pdf

Years: 2001 - 2011

OMB provides Budget Execution Reports and Reports to Congress, which are often mandated by specific pieces of legislation, on its website.

Completed records with unclear status