Richard B. Belzer, Ph.D., is an expert in federal agency regulatory policies and practices related to the design, development and use of science and economics in decision-making, including recently enacted guidelines issued under the federal Information Quality Act as they apply to influential scientific, statistical and technical information. For 10 years he served as an economist with the Office of Management and Budget. His duties included oversight of major regulatory initiatives by EPA, OSHA, FDA, USDA, and other agencies; the development of government-wide guidelines implementing the Paperwork Reduction Act, OMB directives concerning benefit-cost analysis, and various presidential directives; and agency compliance with these various requirements.
Dr. Belzer earned his Ph.D. in Public Policy from Harvard University. He also holds a Master's in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, and B.S. and M.S. degrees in Agricultural Economics from the University of California at Davis.