Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, INDUSTRY NEWS: FTC Bureau of Economics Director Shelanski confirmed as head of Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, (Jun 28, 2013)
Organizations Mentioned:Bureau of Economics | Davis Polk & Wardwell, LLP | Executive Office of the President | Federal Communications Commission | Kellogg Huber Hansen | University of California
The United States Senate has confirmed the nomination of FTC Bureau of Economics Director Howard A. Shelanski as Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget.
Shelanski has served as Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Economics since July 2012, and was previously Deputy Director of the Bureau from 2009 until 2011. He also served as Chief Economist for the Federal Communications Commission from 1999 until 2000, and as Senior Economist for the President’s Council of Economic Advisers at the White House from 1998 until 1999. He also practiced law at the Washington, D.C. firm of Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd & Evans, prior to joining the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley School of Law in 1997. Since 2011, Shelanski has taught at the Georgetown University Law Center. His teaching and research focuses on antitrust, regulation, and telecommunications policy. He has also served as of counsel to Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.
Shelanski received a Ph.D. in Economics and a J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, and a B.A. from Haverford College. Following law school, he clerked for Judge Stephen F. Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Judge Louis H. Pollak of the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, and Justice Antonin Scalia of the United States Supreme Court.
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), created by Congress in the 1980 Paperwork Reduction Act, is an office within the Office of Management and Budget, an agency within the Executive Office of the President. It reviews all collections of information by the federal government, and develops and oversees the implementation of government-wide policies in several areas, including information quality and statistical standards. Under Executive Order 12866, OIRA also reviews draft regulations.
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