AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION SECTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND REGULATORY PRACTICE
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND REGULATORY PRACTICE SECTION OF THE D.C. BAR
AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHAPTER OF THE FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION

PRESENT

The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on its 25th Birthday

Thursday, July 20, 2006
Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel
14th and K Street, NW, Washington, DC

2:30 pm to 4:00 pm

      OIRA: Part of the Unitary Executive or Meddling Interloper?

This panel will focus on legal authority/institutional relationship issues regarding OIRA, such as: (1) its legal authority to conduct reviews, promulgate bulletins instructing agencies on peer review, risk assessment, guidance practices and the like; (2) relationship of OIRA to the President in terms of the President's knowledge of and involvement in OIRA initiatives; (3) relationship of OIRA/OMB to other agencies, with a focus on relevant distinctions between the Executive branch and independent agencies.

Moderator:
Michael Herz, Visiting Professor of Law, New York University Law School, New York, NY

Panelists:
David C. Vladeck, Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
Gary Bass, Executive Director, OMB Watch, Washington, DC
Randolph J. May, President, The Free State Foundation, Potomac, MD

4:15 pm to 6:00 pm

      OIRA: From The Inside and Out

This panel mixes former OIRA insiders with leading researchers who will focus on the substance of what OIRA does, how well it has done it, what difference it has made or may make in the future, how its activities might be improved.

Moderator: Phil Harter, Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, Columbia, MO

Panelists:
Curtis Copeland, Specialist in American National Government and Head of the Executive and Judiciary Section, Congressional Research Service, Government and Finance Division, Washington, DC
Jim Tozzi, Advisory Board Member, Center for Regulatory Effectiveness, Washington, DC
Don Arbuckle, former Deputy Administrator of OIRA (retired), Washington, DC

6:00 pm– 8:00 pm

      Reception