Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Index / Organizations Transcripts Nancy-Ann DeParle ...Sunstein, who was the director of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs [OIRA] over at OMB [Office o... ...of Information and Regulatory Affairs [ OIRA ] over at OMB [Office of Management an... ...very involved in these, as well, as was OIRA at OMB. I did want to ask abou... ...of, which is the administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs , OIRA, at the Office of Management an... ...of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OIRA , at the Office of Management an... ...brilliant man, who led that effort at OIRA , and really developed a commo... ...a common understanding between the OIRA career staff and the staff at th... Show more... Cass Sunstein ...Sunstein served as administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs from 2009 to 2012. In addition, h... ...particular interest in serving at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs if you were invited to serve in ... ...I wanted to ask you: Why OIRA ? Why did you want to serve at tha... ...by which President Reagan created the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in its current form. I was intimatel... ...friend, became administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs , he invited me to a meeting or two t... ...Susan Dudley, who was the head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the last years of the Bus... ...to do was to be the administrator of OIRA ? Yes. He had different plans for me... ...I thought I really wanted to have the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs . Thanks for sharing that with us. ... ...do more for you in six months at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs , for you and the country, than I coul... ...would now agree that in six months an OIRA administrator can do more, in si... ...talking to your predecessors at OIRA , which you've mentioned. Yes... ...to look at the prior practices of the OIRA administrators, which was useful i... ...group was Sally Katzen, who had been OIRA administrator under President Clinton... ...would be doing, and then what should OIRA 's partnership with those agencies be... ...can explain what that means with the OIRA process from early on, even befor... ...and what you wanted to change at OIRA about the role of behavioral economic... ...has made many people now think that OIRA , when I was there, was a behaviora... ...was maybe five percent of what I did at OIRA . Now, since we did 2,304 rules, ... ...It was the case that a lot of people at OIRA and the agencies either learned or go... ...wanted to change how the agencies in OIRA saw, viewed, and implemente... ...you envisioned in terms of the power of OIRA ? Completely. The HIV entry ban, ... ...HIV entry ban, I knew that was part of OIRA 's oversight. Things I also knew fro... ...some power to ask people to do things. OIRA 's natural role is to help people tha... ...do you think?” I should emphasize that OIRA —I knew this, but I knew it less wel... ...there—it's part of a process. If the OIRA administrator thinks there should b... ...involving distracted driving and the OIRA administrator thinks it's a bad ide... ...thinks it's an excellent idea, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs is going to have some explaining to d... ...than the law itself. I wanted to ask if OIRA does something, in terms of its staff... ...Important clarification that OIRA 's jurisdiction, so to speak, extend... ...State Department's rules, go through OIRA , the Department of Homeland Security... ...Commission—they are not subject to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs , because their bosses aren't th... ...approximation, they're not subject to OIRA at all. The Consumer Bureau is a... ...that its rules were not subject to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs . A couple of qualifications to what ... ...was over there a few times while I was OIRA administrator, not because I had an... ...that that process unfolds within what OIRA can do to ensure that they don't ge... ...agency produces the rule, submits it to OIRA , there's an interagency process—whic... ...just torn among people who thought the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs process has big problems and choke... ...basically didn't like and doesn't like OIRA very much, and didn't like and doesn'... ...look-back changed, or if it changed how OIRA reviewed regulations which were alread... ...When President Obama launched that, OIRA geared into action, asking agencies t... ...that process on Executive Order 13563, OIRA had not been systematically engaged i... ...that I was one of the longest-serving OIRA administrators. I felt it would star... ...in which your time as administrator of OIRA and your time in the administration ha... ...So, to see that there are people in the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs , who will never make it in th... Show more... Shaun Donovan ...your confirmation hearings. Of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs , you said, “We absolutely have to b... Katie Johnson ...Building], when I was working for OIRA [Office of Information and Regulator... ...when I was working for OIRA [ Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs ], it felt more like a job. But yes... ...with there. We had a career staff at OIRA of, like, fifty to a hundred at an... ...[A. Shelanski]. He was the head of OIRA and would go. So sometimes I would su... John Podesta ...of Information Regulatory Affairs, OIRA , that sits in OMB. They're th... Jon Carson ...a call from Michael Fitzpatrick over at OIRA [Office of Information and Regulator... ...from Michael Fitzpatrick over at OIRA [ Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs ]. And my first question is, “What'... ...And my first question is, “What's OIRA ?” [Laughter] And he said, “Well, Jon... ...stands for, but Regulatory Affairs. Oh, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs . And he goes, “One of the things w... ...were poured on top. As you learn what OIRA is and what these—all parts are in th... ...at CEA. There were some people at OIRA . There were some people at NEC, wher... ...this opposition from the CEA and from OIRA that was basically just protective o... ...agency. And as long as I know the OIRA guy, and I can get stuff done throug... Show more... John Holdren ...which was the head of an office called OIRA , the Office of Information an... ...the head of an office called OIRA, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs , which reviewed every singl... 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