On Wednesday, the Office of Management and Budget announced the establishment of a privacy branch within the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. The OIRA sits within the president's executive office and is part of the OMB. OIRA is charged with coordinating federal privacy policy and oversees government information collection from the public as well as privacy policy. OMB Director Shaun Donovan said the office's establishment builds on and institutionalizes the work his office has put forth on privacy thus far. He said the new office will "increase OIRA's capacity to match the growing importance of privacy matters and ensure continuity of leadership on federal privacy policy over time." The office will be led by a senior career privacy professional, a position established alongside the office's inception. 
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