Why Admin Law and staffing OMB/OIRA with brilliant labor advocates is important: (1) Biden's signed a Memo on Day 1 on "Modernizing Regulatory Review". https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-order-progressive-regulation_n_6009dabec5b6efae63002e20
The Game-Changing Biden Order You Haven’t Heard About

A directive about the regulatory process could lead to progressive movement on climate change, public health and worker safety.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-order-progressive-regulation_n_6009dabec5b6efae63002e20
(2) The Memo requires centralized regulatory review of agency actions to ensure they promote “public health and safety, economic growth, social welfare, racial justice, environmental stewardship, human dignity, equity, and the interests of future generations.”
(3) Unlike the Obama Administration, the Biden Administration seems for now to be prioritizing top labor policy experts in the agency that supervises review--OMB/OIRA--and placing brilliant administrative law and labor policy experts to guide DOL policy:
(4) Sharon Block--former NLRB Member and Director of Harvard's Labor and Worklife Program--has an exciting vision for how centralized agency review can benefit workers: https://prospect.org/day-one-agenda/why-bolster-the-regulatory-gatekeeper/. Biden appointed her Associate Administrator at OIRA, the top official there for now.
Why Bolster the Regulatory Gatekeeper?

The coronavirus pandemic makes it more urgent to get the regulatory state right. An expanded OIRA assisting this effort is vital.

https://prospect.org/day-one-agenda/why-bolster-the-regulatory-gatekeeper/
(5) Biden also nominated Sam Bagenstos as Counsel at OMB. https://detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/21/bagenstos-appointed-white-house-budget-office-lawyer/6656338002/ A lifelong advocate and scholar on employment discrimination law and civil rights, he will be central for approving agency's budgets and shaping agency priorities for workers' benefit.
UM prof Bagenstos appointed as White House budget office lawyer

University of Michigan law professor Sam Bagenstos was appointed general counsel of the White House Office of Management and Budget

https://detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/21/bagenstos-appointed-white-house-budget-office-lawyer/6656338002/
(6) Raj Nayak, appointed by Biden as Senior Advisor at DOL, a former deputy chief of staff to Secretary Perez in the Obama Administration, also has an inspiring vision for reforming OIRA's regulatory review to better protect workers: https://greatdemocracyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/OIRA_Final.pdf
(7) Combined, Biden's Memo & appointees could dramatically transform how Executive agencies, from DOL and *beyond*, work to workers' benefit, including taking on inequality, assessing how agency actions transfer and redistribute power, and ensuring equity and inclusion.
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