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Bush announced yesterday that he intends to nominate John D. Graham, director of Harvard's Center for Risk Analysis, to the top post at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB...
...Before we continue, full disclosure: We in no way feel that we are qualified to run PBS. Or to hold a high position at the OMB. Or even, really, to sweep out the foyer at the Air & Space Museum. All of which we applied for. And neither of us expects that this letter will change anyone's mind in the new administration, or give us a better chance at that great government pension in the sky. We just want to set the record straight, and to perhaps warn other soft-hearted folks who, foundering in the tempest-toss'd seas...
Daniels lacks the technical background of many OMB directors. As the man responsible for preparing Bush's first budget, due in February, he will be introduced to thousands of government programs to determine which ones to cut and which ones to enlarge. "It's tough on-the-job training," said Leon Panetta, Bill Clinton's first OMB director. Even Panetta, who chaired the House Budget Committee, learned the hard way that small decisions can make big enemies. His 1993 spending program passed by a single Democratic vote in the House, and in the Senate he alienated his party's powerful...