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Executive Oversight of Administrative Discretion
This conference, hosted by the GW Regulatory Studies Center, will examine the key regulatory oversight issues, challenges, and developments over the last three decades, and draw lessons for regulatory oversight now and in the future. Distinguished speakers include former Office of Information and Regulatory Administration (OIRA) administrators Jim Miller, Chris DeMuth, Judge Doug Ginsburg, Wendy Gramm, Judge Jay Plager, Sally Katzen, John Spotila, and Susan Dudley, as well as current OIRA Administrator Cass Sunstein, ACUS Chairman Paul Verkuil, former Congressman David McIntosh, former Ambassador Boyden Gray, and former EPA Deputy Administrator Marcus Peacock. For a complete agenda and list of speakers, and to register for the conference, please visit the event website here.
Agenda
8:30 – 10:30 a.m. OIRA Administrator Panel 1 – OIRA’s early years
- James C. Miller III (1981 – 1981)
- Christopher C. DeMuth (1981 – 1984)
- Douglas Ginsburg (1984 – 1985)
- Wendy Lee Gramm (1985 – 1988)
- S. Jay Plager (1988 – 1989)
- Moderator: Paul Verkuil
10:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Career Staff Perspective
- Jim Tozzi
- Tom Hopkins
- Bob Bedell
- Jim MacRae
- Donald R. Arbuckle
- Jefferson Hill
- John Morrall
- Art Fraas
- Moderator: David McIntosh
12:45 – 2:00 p.m. Catered lunch 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. OIRA Administrator Panel 2
- Sally Katzen (1993 – 1998)
- John T. Spotila (1999 – 2000)
- John D. Graham (2001 – 2006)
- Susan E. Dudley (2007 – 2009)
- Moderator: Marcus Peacock
4:00 – 4: 45 p.m. Cass Sunstein 5:00 p.m. Reception (with remarks by C. Boyden Gray) How to attend