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Distinguished Professor of Practice, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration, and Director of the Regulatory Studies Center, George Washington University

Susan Dudley is Director of the George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, which she established in 2009 to raise awareness of regulations’ effects and improve regulatory policy through research, education and outreach. She is also a distinguished professor of practice in the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration.

From April 2007 through January 2009, Professor Dudley served as the presidentially-appointed Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the US Office of Management and Budget and was responsible for the review of draft executive branch regulations under Executive Order 12866, the collection of federal-government-wide policies in the areas of information policy, privacy, and statistical policy, and international regulatory cooperation efforts.

Prior to OIRA, she directed the Regulatory Studies Program at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and taught courses on regulation at the George Mason University School of Law.

Earlier in her career, Professor Dudley served as an economist at OIRA, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. She was also a consultant to government and private clients at Economists Incorporated.

Experience

  • –present
    Research Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration and Director, Regulatory Studies Center, George Washington University