New Orleans Traditional Jazz Giants

AI REVIEW

 

Music Critics:

The Very Top of the Pyramid

I just finished an interview regarding New Orleans Jazz greats and thought you might find it of interest. I was asked which performers in my view were at the very top of the New Orleans traditional jazz pyramid; I replied that the Humphrey Band who performed at Preservation Hall is at the very top of my list.

Information Quality Act

SEC. 515. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall, by not later than September 30 2001, and with public and Federal agency involvement, issue guidelines under sections 3504(d)(1) and 3516 of title 44, United States Code, that provide policy and procedural guidance to Federal agencies for ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information (including statistical information) disseminated by Federal agencies in fulfillment of the purposes and provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Paperwork Reduction Act. (b)

CONTENT OF GUIDELINES.—The guidelines under subsection (a) shall—

The Revitalization of OIRA?

In a recent symposium sponsored by the GW Regulatory Studies Center and the IBM Center for the Business of Government, one discussion forum focused on the future directions for OIRA.

The event was timely in that in the forty plus years of its existence the OIRA personnel level has been slashed some 50%.

Having reflected on the discussion, here is a strategy that should be considered;

Nine Pacesetters for the Establishment of Centralized Regulatory Review via the Quality of Life Review

 

 Yale Law Journal

 National Resources Defense Council

 Urban Institute and NYU Law

 Virginia Journal of Natural Resources Law

 National Archives

Nixon Foundation

 Princeton Doctoral Dissertation

Washington Post/ New York Times

Profile Jim Tozzi

 

Presidential Power

Extracted from–

1979 Presidential Power and Administrative Rulemaking

Harold H. Bruff

Yale Law Journal

Another form of procedural requirement can promote coordination among agencies and can also influence the substance of regulation. Imposition of interagency review and comment procedures forces the subject agency to respond to the comments of other agencies in explaining its rules, even though the reviewing agencies are not granted the power to mandate changes in the rules. An example of this is “Quality of Life” review, instituted by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in 1971 to review environmental regulations.

Vintage OIRA

Bing              Who is the single person most responsible for starting OIRA?

Google          White House Presence

Google          Has the Reign of the Economist Ended?

CRE               Notable Managers of the Administrative State

CRE               Leading Regulatory Officials: By Administration

 

Jim Tozzi is the individual who was involved in the formulation and initiation of centralized regulatory review over the course of five presidential administrations, from its inception (Johnson Administration) to its development (Nixon and Ford Administrations) to its codification (Carter Administration) and finally to its government-wide implementation (Reagan Administration).