On February 9, 2016, President Obama issued an executive order to establish a Federal Privacy Council as the "principal interagency forum" for improving the federal government's privacy practices. The Privacy Council will be led by a deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") and include representatives from major departments and agencies of the federal government. Among other functions, the Privacy Council is tasked with making recommendations to OMB regarding government privacy policies, enabling cross-agency information sharing, and addressing development needs of the government's privacy professionals.

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