Feds: Improve security Federal agencies worked against an August deadline to implement improved security controls designed to better protect the private information of U.S. citizens in the hands of government officials. A memo on the sweeping changes was sent out in late June by the White House's Office of Management and Budget. OMB said it will work with inspectors to ensure agencies are in compliance. "We intend to work with the general community to review these items to ensure we are properly safeguarding the information the American taxpayer has entrusted to us," OMB Deputy Director Clay Johnson III said in a memo.