THE ANTI-REGULATOR. As J. mentioned, the president named Susan Dudley to the post of regulatory czar (technically, OIRA administrator) in a recess appointment. Be sure to read Genevieve Smith's 2006 TAP Online article on Dudley for some background. As Smith put it,
Susan Dudley has spent the last eight years as director of regulatory policy for the Mercatus Center, an industry-funded think tank. In those eight years, she has opposed regulations that would: lower the threshold for arsenic in drinking water; set more stringent fuel economy standards for automobiles; provide more information to communities on toxic releases; limit the use of snowmobiles in national parks; reduce pollution emissions from motor vehicles and heavy duty trucks; and set standards for advanced airbag technology in automobiles.
--Sam Rosenfeld
