Earlier this month, OMB Watch reported that articles authored by the nominee to replace John Graham as the head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Susan Dudley, were no longer available on the website of the Mercatus Center, the industry-backed think tank where Dudley was previously employed. Now, all the missing articles have mysteriously returned to the website and several previously unavailable articles by Dudley have also been posted there.

Aware that Dudley was the likely to receive the OIRA nomination, OMB Watch began researching Dudley's record as head of regulatory policy for the Mercatus Center months before the nomination was announced. In the weeks before Dudley's nomination was announced, Mercatus overhauled its website, and many of the most controversial of Dudley's articles were no longer listed in her bibliography.

On Aug. 8, OMB Watch listed the missing documents in the The Watcher, which included comments by Dudley opposing Davis-Bacon and an op-ed claiming that releasing information under the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) would help terrorists. By Thursday, Aug. 10, the articles were back on Mercatus's website, including some articles never before listed. Recently added articles include an op-ed for the National Review, cautioning against increasing regulation after September 11th, and articles criticizing air quality standards for ground-level ozone.

Recently added Dudley scholarship

(July 1, 2006)

Defining What to Regulate: Silica & the Problem of Regulatory Categorization (June 1, 2006)

Moderating Regulatory Growth: An Analysis of the U.S. Budget for Fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (May 11, 2006)

Mercatus Reports: The Bush Administration Regulatory Record | Wine Wars: Uncorking E-Commerce? (January 1, 2005)

It is Time to Reevaluate the Toxic Release Inventory (January 1, 2005)

Susan Dudley Participates in White House's Conference on the Economy (December 15, 2004)

Mercatus Reports: Mercury | VOIP | Regulatory Budget | Commentary: Modernizing National Equity Markets (September 1, 2004)

Mercatus Reports: Financial Privacy Notices | FTC E-Commerce Studies | A Regulated Day in the Life (July 1, 2004)

Finding Nemo's Worth (August 1, 2003)

Written Testimony on the "TRI Lead Rule: Costs, Compliance, and Science" submitted to the House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Oversight (June 13, 2002)

"I Love Government" - Regulation, Post 9/11 (March 26, 2002)

Mercatus Reports: Ozone Quality Standards | Tanker Vessel Monitoring Devices | Non-Road Vehicle Emissions | Trans-Fatty Acids Labeling | Automated External Defibrillators | Bush's Rejuvenated OIRA (December 1, 2001)

President Expands Oversight of Federal Agency Rulemaking (November 16, 2001)

Mercatus Reports: Arsenic in Drinking Water Systems | Appliance Standards for Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps | Heavy-Duty Truck Emissions | Toxic Release Inventory, Lead and Lead Compounds | Roadless Areas | Clothes Washer Efficiency | Medical Privacy | Reversing Midnight Regulations (March 1, 2001)

Consumers Reject US Spin Cycle On Washing Machines (January 4, 2001)

WILLY-NILLY REGULATIONS: Climate of haste hurts consumers (January 2, 2001)

OSHA's Ergonomics Program Standard and Musculoskeletal Disorders: An Introduction (January 1, 2001)

The Benefits and Costs of OSHA's Proposed Ergonomics Program Standard (January 1, 2001)

Fuel and Your Money (September 1, 2000)

EPA's Proposed Expansion of Noncompliance Benefit Estimates (January 1, 2000)

EPA Speeds Ahead with Ill-Conceived Vehicle and Gasoline Standards (December 20, 1999)

Proposed Workplace Rules Could Put US Firms In A Cast (November 29, 1999)

Overstressing Business: OSHA and Ergonomics (October 1, 1999)

The EPA Relies on Faulty Market Incentives (September 1, 1998)

EPA's National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Ozone May be Hazardous to Your Health (March 1, 1998)

Economic Impact Analyses (January 1, 1998)

The Human Costs of EPA Standards (June 9, 1997)

Testimony on the Risk Assessment underlying EPA's Proposed Ambient Air Quality Standard for Ozone before the Senate Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety (April 24, 1997)

Previously missing Dudley scholarship

Mercatus Reports: Urban Empowerment Zones | GSE Reform | Regulators' Growing Budget (September 1, 2005)

It's Not Just the Spending (August 29, 2005)

Mercatus Reports: Green Sturgeon | Intercarrier Compensation | Canadian "Smart Regulation" (July 1, 2005)

Mercatus Reports: Regulation Z | Cooling Water Intake | ESA Permit Revocation | Commentary: What's Next for Telecom? (April 15, 2005)

Book Review: States of Fear (April 15, 2005)

Regulator's Budget Continues To Rise: An Analysis of the U.S. Budget For Fiscal years 2004-2005 (July 16, 2004)

Testimony on Small Business Competitiveness before the House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Oversight (May 20, 2004)

Testimony on Regulatory Accounting before the House Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs (February 25, 2004)

The Hidden Tax of Regulation (January 5, 2004)

The Price is Right (November 24, 2003)

Figures Full of Air (October 18, 2003)

Regulatory Spending Soars: An Analysis of the U.S. Budget for Fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (July 22, 2003)

EPA Dodges a Rule (June 15, 2003)

Mercatus Reports: Information Disseminated by Federal Agencies | Water Quality Trading Policy | Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations | Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac Governance | FDA First Amendment Issues | Pollution from Non-Road Diesel Engines | The Coming Shift in Regulation (October 1, 2002)

Testimony on Regulatory Accounting before the House Subommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs (March 12, 2002)

Terrorist Right-to-Know? (November 1, 2001)

Office of Management and Budget's 2001 Draft Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations (August 14, 2001)

Let OSHA take lead in ergonomics reform: Flexible policy can protect workers, but legislative bickering threatens progress (July 21, 2001)

How Not to Improve Public Health (January 11, 2001)

Testimony on the Effect of the Army Corps of Engineers' Approach to Wetlands Protection on Overall Social Welfare (October 6, 2000)

Something Wicked This Way Comes (July 27, 2000)

DOL's Proposal Governing Helpers on Davis-Bacon Act Projects (June 8, 1999)