Executive Order 13615: Providing an Order of Succession Within the Office of Management and Budget
President: Barack Obama
Listed OMB officials who could act as Director when both the Director and Deputy Director were unavailable.
Status: Revoked — by EO 14138 on January 3, 2025.
Is Executive Order 13615 still in effect? No. EO 14138 revoked it in 2025.
What does Executive Order 13615 do?
EO 13615 created a twelve-position continuity list for the Office of Management and Budget, beginning with the Deputy Director for Management and senior program associate directors. It barred someone temporarily acting in a listed office from advancing through that fact alone. EO 14138 replaced and expressly revoked the 2012 order in January 2025; EO 14148 then revoked EO 14138 without restoring the old list.
Later evidence reviewed September 23, 2026: EO 14148 revoked EO 14138 without reviving EO 13615. Federal Register — EO 14148. Revoking a successor order did not automatically reinstate the older revoked order.
Before and after
Before the order
EO 13370 supplied the earlier OMB succession sequence.
After the order
The 2012 list governed until the brief 2025 replacement.
Who had to do what
| Agency / office | Action | Timing / position |
|---|---|---|
| Listed OMB officials | Serve as acting Director when eligible | Ended under this order |
| OMB | Apply current vacancy law and valid designations | Continuing |
| President | Choose another eligible official when law permits | Continuing discretion |
What happened next
EO 13615 issued and EO 13370 revoked.
EO 14138 revoked and replaced EO 13615.
EO 14148 revoked EO 14138 without reviving EO 13615.
Legal and source detail
How it works legally
The Federal Vacancies Reform Act controls acting service. Revoking a replacement does not automatically restore the order that replacement had already revoked.
Sources by type
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Primary and official sources
Orders, laws, court records and official implementation material.
- U.S. Code — Federal Vacancies Reform Act (opens in a new tab) Official record
How we checked this
Last checked against the sources above on September 23, 2026. How we research →