Economy, finance and labor

Executive Order 14138: Providing an Order of Succession Within the Office of Management and Budget

President: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Set a succession list for acting leadership of Office of Management and Budget when the principal and designated deputy were unavailable, subject to federal vacancies law.

Status: Revoked.

Is Executive Order 14138 still in effect? No. Revoked January 20, 2025.

What does Executive Order 14138 do?

EO 14138 set a conditional acting-leadership sequence for the Office of Management and Budget, beginning with Deputy Director for Management, then Executive Associate Director. The Federal Vacancies Reform Act still limited eligibility. EO 14148 revoked this sequence on January 20, 2025.

Later primary evidence reviewed September 24, 2026: EO 14148 expressly revoked this order. Official source. The cited steps do not establish every downstream effect.

SignedJanuary 3, 2025
Lead officialsOffice of Management and Budget officials and White House personnel officials
Express timingEffective on signing

Before and after

Before the order

the prior OMB succession arrangement supplied the earlier executive succession arrangement for the Office of Management and Budget.

After the order

The order named eligible acting officials for the Office of Management and Budget if its covered leadership offices became vacant or unavailable.

EO 14148 revoked EO 14138 on January 20, 2025; the cited orders do not establish that anyone served under this sequence.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Office of Management and BudgetFollow the listed succession order when its conditions aroseWhile effective
PresidentRetain statutory designation authorityOngoing

What happened next

EO 14138 signed.

Succession order signed.

EO 14148 revoked the order.