Question: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). OMB's most prominent function is to produce the President's Budget, but OMB also measures the quality of agency programs, policies, and procedures to see if they comply with the president's policies and coordinates inter-agency policy initiatives.

The current OMB Director is Mick Mulvaney. The OMB Director reports to the President, Vice President and the White House Chief of Staff.

The Bureau of the Budget, OMB's predecessor, was established in 1921 as a part of the Department of the Treasury by the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, which was signed into law by president Warren G. Harding. The Bureau of the Budget was moved to the Executive Office of the President in 1939 and was run by Harold D. Smith during the government's rapid expansion of spending during the Second World War. James L. Sundquist, a staffer at the Bureau of the Budget described the relationship between the President and the Bureau as extremely close and of subsequent Bureau Directors as politicians and not public administrators.

The Bureau was reorganized into the Office of Management and Budget in 1970 during the Nixon administration. The first OMB included Roy Ash (head), Paul O'Neill (assistant director), Fred Malek (deputy director) and Frank Zarb (associate director) and two dozen others. 1. Who is the current director?
2. what does OMB stand for?
3. Doesthe director just report to one person?
4. how many?
5. who?
6. What was it's predecessor?
7. When was that established?
8. When was it reorganized?
9. To what?
10. Under what administration?
11. What is it's main function?
12. Does it also do other things?
13. could you give an example please?
14. why?
15. when was the bureau moved to the office of the president?
16. who ran it?
17. what was happening in the world at the time?
18. Who was the first deputy director?
19. name the employee who spoke about the relationships?
20. who was the first head? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Mick Mulvaney
2. The Office of Management and Budget
3. no
4. Three
5. the President, Vice President and the White House Chief of Staff
6. The Bureau of the Budget
7. 1921
8. 1970
9. the Office of Management and Budget
10. the Nixon administration
11. to produce the President's Budget
12. yes
13. it also measures the quality of agency programs, policies, and procedures
14. to see if they comply with the president's policies
15. in 1939
16. Harold D. Smith
17. the Second World War
18. Fred Malek
19. James L. Sundquist
20. Roy Ash

Question: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (), commonly referred to as Rutgers University, Rutgers, or RU, is an American public research university and the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey.

Rutgers was chartered as Queen's College on November 10, 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. The college was renamed Rutgers College in 1825 in honor of Colonel Henry Rutgers (17451830), a New York City landowner, philanthropist and former military officer, whose $5,000 bond donation to the school allowed it to reopen after years of financial difficulty. For most of its existence, Rutgers was a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church.

In 1864, the college expanded its role in research and instruction in agriculture, engineering, and science when it was named as the state's sole land-grant college under the Morrill Act of 1862.

In 1924, it gained university status with the introduction of graduate education and further expansion. However, Rutgers evolved into a coeducational public research university after being designated "The State University of New Jersey" by the New Jersey Legislature in laws enacted in 1945 and 1956. It is one of only two colonial colleges that later became public universities. Rutgers, however, remains something of a public-private hybrid, in particular retaining certain "private rights" against unilateral changes in its governance, name, and structure that the state might otherwise want to impose. 1. When did it gain university status?
2. What state is Rutgers in?
3. What is it called?
4. What country is it located in?
5. Are their larger universities in new jersey?
6. Is it public or private? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. In 1924
2. New Jersey
3. Rutgers University, Rutgers, or RU,
4. America
5. no
6. both

Question: Santa Claus is someone who will remain in the hearts of children forever.

Santa C1aus also has some other names: Saint Nicholas, St. Nick, Kris Kringle, Pelznickel. Two of his names-Santa Claus and Saint Nicholas-both come from the Dutch who settled in New York long ago. The Dutch honored this kindly saint with a yearly festival on December sixth. The Dutch spoke the name "Saint Nikolas" very fast. It sounded like "sinterklaas". And so, when the English said this word, it sounded like "Santa Claus".

West of New York, in Pennsylvania, many German farmers had also heard of Saint Nikolas. But they cal1ed him "Pelznickel". This word came from "pelz", meaning fur, and "nickel" for Nicholas. So, to the Germans of Pennsylvania,"Pelznickel" was a man dressed in fur who came once a year with gifts for good children. Soon, people began to feel that the 1ove and kindness Pelznickel brought should be part of a celebration honoring the "Christkindl", as the Germans ca1led the Christ child. After a time, this became Kris Kringle. Later, Kris Kringle became another name for Santa Claus himself.

Whatever he is called, he is still the same short, fat, jolly old man with a long beard, wearing a red suit with white fur.

The picture of Santa Claus as we see him came from Thomas Nast. He was an American

painter born in Bavaria. Someone asked him to paint a picture of Santa Claus. Nast remembered when he was a little boy in southern Germany Every Christmas, a fat old man gave toys and cakes to the children. So, when Nast painted the picture, his Santa Claus looked like the kindly old man of his childhood. And through the years, Nast's painting has remained as the most popular picture of Santa Claus.

Santa can be seen almost everywhere. It is easy to find them by the long lines of children waiting to tell Santa what they want for Christmas. 1. Who drew the picture of Santa Claus as we see him?
2. What nationality was he?
3. But where was he actually born?
4. Where did he end up moving and becoming a citizen?
5. What did a fat old man give kids in Germany?
6. When?
7. Is Nast's picture still popular?
8. What had many German farmers heard of in Pennsylvania?
9. What did they call him?
10. What does Pelz mean in English?
11. Where is Pennsylvania located?
12. Did the Dutch speak quickly?
13. What did it sound like when they said Saint Nikolas?
14. Where did they originally settle?
15. Was that recently or long ago?
16. Does Santa Claus have a lot of names?
17. What's one of them we haven't talked about yet?
18. What did the Germans call the Christ child?
19. What did that name become after a time?
20. Where can Santa be seen? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Thomas Nast
2. German
3. Bavaria.
4. America
5. toys and cakes
6. Every Christmas
7. Yes
8. Saint Nikolas
9. Pelznickel
10. fur
11. West of New York
12. Yes
13. "sinterklaas
14. New York
15. long ago.
16. Yes
17. Saint Nicholas
18. Christkind
19. Kris Kringle
20. almost everywhere