Doctoral Dissertation Research in Political Science: Accountability, Presidential Power, and the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

该项目旨在分析立法的执行情况。为了执行法律，行政机构通过自己的政策，以填补法律没有规定的细节。民主问责研究的一个主要问题是，如何对机构问责，以及法律的执行方式反映了哪些机构的利益。信息和法规事务办公室（OIRA）负责执行此审查过程。这一项目的智力价值与其对一个机构的研究有关，该机构的程序尚未得到系统的分析。这个项目的目的是分析什么时候，为什么，以及如何使用审查过程。主要的研究任务是汇编一个新的数据集，记录各机构的所有政策制定情况，说明选择审查哪些政策以及审查的结果。为了汇编这一数据集，将对该组织的年度摘要文件和请求进行编码，同时提供关于该组织与各机构之间交流的更详细信息。关于OIRA审查实例的新数据将与1983-2010年所有机构决策的现有数据相结合。完成后，所有决策的数据集，包括经审查和未经审查的政策，将允许分析何时、为何和如何使用审查程序，该项目的更广泛影响与其研究产出和培训组成部分有关。该项目将增进我们对法律执行情况的理解，而法律的执行反过来又会影响代表性不足群体的机会。此外，该项目还将在研究过程中对本科生进行培训。

This project aims to analyze the implementation of legislation. To implement a law, administrative agencies pass their own policies in order to fill in details not specified by the law. A major question in the study of democratic accountability is how agencies are held accountable and whose interests are reflected in the ways laws are implemented. The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) is responsible for carrying out this review process. The intellectual merit of this project is associated with its study of an agency whose processes have not yet been subjected to systematic analysis. The purpose of this project is to analyze when, why, and how the review process is used. The primary research task is to compile a new dataset of all policymaking by agencies, indicating which policies were chosen for review and the outcome of review. To compile this dataset, OIRA's yearly summary documents and requests will be coded alongside more detailed information regarding exchanges between OIRA and agencies. The new data on instances of OIRA review will be combined with existing data on all agency policymaking from 1983-2010. When complete, the dataset of all policymaking, which includes both policies reviewed and not reviewed by OIRA, will permit an analysis of when, why, and how the review process is used.The broader impacts of the project are associated with its research output and training components. The project will advance our understanding of the implementation of laws which, in turn, influences the opportunities of underrepresented groups. Further, the project will involve the training of undergraduate students in the research process.