Unglamorous White House ‘Prune’ Job Critical to Biden Agenda

President-elect Joe Biden is poised to make regulation a centerpiece of his administration, and his success will depend on who he picks from a slim pool of bureaucrats willing to accept one of the least-glamorous jobs in Washington.

Without strong backing in Congress to carry out his campaign promises, Biden will need expert leadership over the little-known White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs; someone with the technical expertise to ensure regulations survive judicial review, and the political acumen to navigate competing agency interests.

“There are plum jobs and there are prune jobs. I think the OIRA administrator is ...