Letter to Congress

Supporting Neera Tanden’s Nomination to be OMB Director

 

As a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to helping policymakers use evidence and data to deliver better results for the American people, Results for America strongly supports the nomination of Neera Tanden to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Neera’s strong track record of supporting the use of evidence and data to shape policy, management and funding decisions makes her uniquely well-qualified to lead OMB’s efforts to improve the impact of federal investments for all Americans. As a senior leader in the Clinton and Obama Administrations, and as President and CEO of the Center for American Progress, she has brought a fresh approach to policy debates by looking at the best available science and evidence and listening carefully to the voices of those who are affected by government policy. Neera has sought input from researchers, academics and policy experts to craft policy approaches that deliver results, with a particular focus on the highest-impact ways to accelerate economic mobility and open opportunities for all Americans.

President Biden, in his January 2021 Executive Orders and Memoranda, has made clear his Administration’s commitment to evidence-based policymaking. Under Neera’s leadership, OMB and the federal government will continue the long-standing bipartisan drive toward investing taxpayer dollars in what works.