In one analysis by the Office of Management and Budget, of the 30 least cost-effective regulations throughout the government, the EPA had imposed no fewer than 17.
Participate in preparation of the budget and work plans for the budget administered by the Unit, in particular, make recommendations and proposals to improve costmanagement.
Of the few hundred major rules among these that get reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), fewer than 35 percent sport quantitative cost estimates.
John Graham, appointed as America's top regulator at the Office of Management and Budget in 2001, had previously been an academic who used cost-benefit methodologies to analyse risks.