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Susan Elaine Dudley (born May 27, 1955) is an American academic who served as Administrator of the
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(OIRA),
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in the administration of
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. As such, Dudley was the top regulatory official at the
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.


Early life

Dudley was born in
Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...
. Dudley is married to Brian F. Mannix, an economist who also was a political appointee at the
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, serving as Associate Administrator for Policy, Economics, and Innovation from September 18, 2005, until January 20, 2009.


Career

Currently, Dudley is a Distinguished Professor of Practice at the
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. In September 2009, she founded th
George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center
which "raise awareness of regulations’ effects and improve regulatory policy through research, education, and outreach." In September 2010 Dudley was appointed as a member of the Administrative Conference of the United States. As of January 2015 she is Vice-President, and President-Elect, of the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis. President Bush first nominated Dudley to serve as the OIRA Administrator on July 31, 2006. The Senate Governmental Affairs and Homeland Security Committee held a hearing on Dudley’s nomination on November 13, but did not hold a vote to confirm her. Bush re-nominated Dudley on January 9, 2007; appointed her to serve as a senior advisor at OIRA on January 30, 2007; and gave her a recess appointment as OIRA Administrator on April 4, 2007. On January 6, 2009, the recess appointment expired and Bush designated Dudley as Acting Administrator of OIRA until his term of office ended on January 20, 2009. From 1998 through January 2007, Dudley worked at the non-profit Mercatus Center at George Mason University, where she directed the Regulatory Studies Program from 2003 to 2006. As an adjunct professor at the
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from 2002 to 2006, she designed and taught courses on regulations and led regulatory clinics. Earlier in her career, Dudley served as a career
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, working as a policy analyst at the Environmental Protection Agency (1984-1985), an economist at OIRA (1985 – 1989), and an economist advisor at the
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(1989 - 1991). From 1991 until 1998, she was Vice President and Director of Environmental Analysis at Economists Incorporated, a consulting firm. Dudley has authored more than 25 publications on regulatory matters, including
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, electricity, health care, the environment, and occupational safety. She has served on the boards of the
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, the International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics—founded by
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–winning economist
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, and the National Federation of Independent Business Legal Foundation (now the NFIB Small Business Legal Center). She has also served as a member of several committees and boards in the Commonwealth of Virginia, including the Virginia Environmental Education Advisory Committee (2000-2002), the Administrative Law Advisory Committee (2000-2003), and the Virginia Waste Management Board (1996-2001). Dudley holds a
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degree from the
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(1981) and a
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degree (
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) in
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from the
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(1977).


Controversies

Dudley has been termed a conservative academic and her work at the Mercatus ("Market," in Latin) Center generally promoted market solutions over government regulation. She argued, for example, that consumers should be able to choose the efficiency of their household appliances, rather than have the government set energy efficiency standards. She also famously argued against an EPA effort to reduce surface ozone stating that the EPA's proposal would lead to significantly more skin cancers and cataracts.Ozone NAAQS Comments: Comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed National Ambient Air Quality Standard
Susan E. Dudley, March 12, 1997, p. 4/ES-1, retrieved December 22, 2013
On July 11, 2008, Dudley publicly objected to EPA's analysis of various ways to control greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, and transmitted the objections of four cabinet members and four other agency heads. All of these objections were published along with EPA's analysis, which it prepared in response to the April 2007 Supreme Court ruling that EPA has authority to regulate greenhouse gases. The act of an administration publishing a document and disavowing its own conclusions was described as an "extraordinary move" by the ''
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'' and "tortured policy" by the ''
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''. On April 17, 2009, the Obama administration took the next administrative step under the Clean Air Act by finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health and the environment; however, it reaffirmed the Bush administration's position that legislative action by Congress would be far preferable.


See also

List of U.S. executive branch 'czars'


Notes and references


External links


George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center.Public Citizen and OMB Watch report on Dudley background and nomination: "The Cost Is Too High: How Susan Dudley Threatens Public Protections"White House Fact Sheet on DudleyLetter of congratulations to Dudley from the National Association of ManufacturersThe Dudley-Mannix household's donation of $1,000.00 to Bush-Cheney '04 at fundrace.orgJames L. Gattuso, Who Will Regulate the Regulators? The Battle Over Susan Dudley and OIRA, Heritage Foundation Webmemo #1250, Nov. 9, 2006. EPA Notice on Greenhouse Gases, including Dudley's objections. (5.8MB pdf)
* Supreme Court ruling 05-1120br>Presidential Nomination: Susan Elaine Dudley
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