In an embarrassing reversal of its promise (reported here) to have a full searchable database of all FY 2005 earmarks on line by today, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has announced that it will release information today only on the aggregate number and cost of earmarks from that year. Apparently, the White House legislative liaison staff team has, for now, countermanded OMB chief Rob Portman's January 25 directive to all federal agenices to provide comprehensive earmark information, including the name and address of individual earmark recipients, the costs and descriptions of individual earmarks, and the relevant report or bill language funding the earmarks. Portman's directive promised that OMB will post this "information to the public Internet." [sic] We had hailed Portman's earmarks disclosure initiative and are disappointed that the White House has interfered with it. We hope this is merely a temporary delay and strongly urge the White House to allow Portman's comprehensive searchable earmarks website to launch immediately.