Susan Webb Yackee

Susan Webb Yackee is Director of the La Follette School of Public Affairs and a Collins-Bascom Professor of Public Affairs and Political Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received the 2019 Herbert A. Simon Career Award from the Midwest Public Administration Caucus. Her research and teaching interests include the U.S. public policymaking process, public management, regulation, administrative law, and interest group politics. Yackee is an elected member of the National Academy of Public Administration.

OIRA’s Impact on Rulemaking

OIRA’s Impact on Rulemaking

Interest groups that lobby OIRA impact public policy, yet OIRA’s role as a regulatory gatekeeper remains understudied.

Regulation, Delegation, and the Affordable Care Act

Regulation, Delegation, and the Affordable Care Act

Empirical study of the ACA’s implementation provides insight into the delegation of policymaking authority.

How Long is Too Long for Legislative Delegation?

How Long is Too Long for Legislative Delegation?

The temporal problem of delegation is rooted in empirical evidence.