The Office of Management and Budget, the Council of Economic Advisers, and the National Economic Council are political organizations located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Platypus Economics with Justin WolfersSep 10, 2026
The claim that OMB is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is contradicted: the federal directory, a 2026 court filing, and CRS-listed contact data all place OMB at 725 17th Street NW, while 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue houses the White House and related EOP offices.
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What was said
… There's a big fence around it, and inside that fence there's a whole lot of other organizations and agencies. Um, there's obviously the president, the vice president, there's also the Cabinet, there's the Office of Management and Budget, OMB, there's the Council of Economic Advisers, CEA, there's the National Economic Council, NEC. These all sound very official, but the important thing to understand is their address is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is a political organization devoted to achieving political ends, and at the moment, despite the truth, they're in fact at war with the truth. …
Platypus Economics with Justin Wolfers · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. The federal government directory lists the Office of Management & Budget at New Executive Office Building, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, not at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.[1]
Contradicts. A 2026 federal court filing states that OMB is an agency with its address at 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503, and the 2026 court exhibit lists OMB at the same 725 17th St. address.[4][5]
Contradicts. Legislative support resources list the Office of Management and Budget at 725 17th Street, NW (New Executive Office Building), while 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is listed separately as the White House Executive Clerk's Office.[6]
Context. The White House's own page places the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, and the government manual lists OMB and CEA among Cabinet-level heads, but neither source states that OMB or CEA is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.[2][3]
Context. Nothing in the sources addresses where CEA or NEC is physically located, and the claim that these bodies are 'political organizations' is a characterization the poster asserts rather than a checkable fact.[7]
Sources
7 sources: 3 primary, 4 not rated
- 1directoryoui.doleta.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts
- 2Office of Management and Budget | The White Housebidenwhitehouse.archives.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3The Presidentusgovernmentmanual.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 4[PDF] Case 1:25-cv-01933-JEB Document 58 Filed 02/23/26 Page 1 of 2assets.bwbx.io · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5EXHIBIT Astorage.courtlistener.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 6Legislative Support Resources: Offices and Websites for ...everycrsreport.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 7The Rules Changed. The Numbers Didn't. - Platypus Economicsnewsletter.platypuseconomics.com · not rated · cited for: context
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