With respect to the OMB review of a regulatory transaction, in the article that follows the author states:
“Instead, the White House ordered the document held—in violation of numerous federal guidelines and statutes.”
We remind the author that eight consecutive Administrations’ have used OMB to review regulations. For a detailed description of the OMB review process and its judicially sanctioned foundation please read this article in the Administrative Law Review.
The bottom line is that wearing a white laboratory costume does not necessarily shield one from a silo mentality; the OMB review process eliminates silos—however painful.
White House Reverses Itself, Lifts Political Block on FDA Approval of GM Salmon
