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	The Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis (ORACBA) was established by the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (P.L. 103-354, H.R.4271, Section 304). ORACBA began operation on April 15, 1995, in USDA's Office of the Chief Economist. The Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis's (ORACBA) primary role is to ensure that major regulations proposed by USDA are based on sound scientific and economic analysis. A major regulation concerns human, health, safety or the environment and has an annual economic impact of at least $100 million in 1994 dollars. For such regulations, ORACBA conducts a thorough analysis that makes clear the nature of the risk, alternative ways of reducing it, the reasoning that justifies the proposed rule, and a comparison of the likely costs and benefits of reducing the risk. ORACBA will provide guidance and technical assistance, coordinate risk analysis work across the Department, and certify that statutory requirements are met.



	ORACBA NEWS THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET just announced a toxicologist position in the Statistical and Science Policy Branch. The announcement can be found at www.usajobs.gov announcement number OMB-12-18-CMJ-DE. PUBLIC HEALTH AND RISK SCIENCE MANAGEMENT COURSE September 18-20, 2012 Washington, DC The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services go.gwu.edu/riskcourse Participants in this three-day course will learn about the scientific tools that help us measure and characterize risk, and will explore methods for characterizing, communicating, and analyzing risk. FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY AT FDA: This mid-career fellowship at the FDA Center for Tobacco Products is open to scientists and researchers, legal and policy types, economists, and others who could be placed in the FDA Center for Tobacco Products' Office of Policy. The fellowship runs for 12 months, starting September 2012, and includes relocation expense reimbursements as well as a stipend. Details are available online here. If you would like to join the ORACBA mailing list, please send an e-mail to Jennifer Lohr at jlohr@oce.usda.gov. In the subject line type Mailing List, in the body type your name, organization and phone number.

	Last Modified: 06/19/2012


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