Randall Lutter

Randall Lutter

Randall Lutter, visiting scholar at Resources for the Future, possesses more than 20 years senior experience in the management and evaluation of programs regulating health, safety, and environmental risks. He served at the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Council of Economic Advisers (as senior economist), and the Food and Drug Administration, where he was deputy commissioner for policy. 

Working Papers

The Role of Retrospective Analysis and Review in Regulatory Policy

Randall Lutter | Apr 18, 2012
There are many obstacles to better regulatory measurement, analysis and review. But major setbacks include the agencies’ lack of impartiality in reviewing their existing regulations, an inappropriately narrow focus, and a failure to promote steps to better measure the actual benefits vs. the costs of regulations.

Testimony & Comments

Perspectives on Retrospective Review and Analysis

Randall Lutter | Jul 12, 2012
More generally, greater data collection, access, and analysis can foster improved understanding of regulations and contribute to reducing regulatory burdens and improving their effectiveness.

Research Summaries & Toolkits

How Well Do Federal Regulations Actually Work? The Role of Retrospective Review

Randall Lutter | May 11, 2012
With the volume of federal regulations exceeding some 165,000 pages, a reliable practice of review is critical to judge how well or poorly existing regulations actually work and to revise regulations accordingly. Yet despite decades of executive orders aimed at improving retrospective analysis and review, agencies consistently fail to produce useful measures of regulations’ performance.

Podcasts

Looking Back to See Forward: The Need For Regulatory Retrospective Review

Jerry Ellig, Randall Lutter, Maurice P. McTigue | May 11, 2012
This seminar examines the current state of regulatory retrospective review, how it can be improved, and how Congress can use the findings of retrospective review for regulatory oversight and legislative planning.
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