SCIENCE POLICY:
New Regulatory Czar Takes Charge
Jocelyn Kaiser
In his first public move as head of regulations at the White House Office of Management and Budget, John Graham came out of his corner swinging. In actions last month--a memo to agencies and two "prompt" letters--Graham, a risk-analysis expert on leave from Harvard, signaled that he intends to take firm control of regulatory policy across the government. His office won't "play a simply reactive role," says Graham, who faults his predecessors in the past 8 years for letting agencies have free rein.