Nomination of S. Jay Plager To Be Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

The President today announced his intention to nominate S. Jay Plager to be Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget. This is a new position. Since 1987 Mr. Plager has been Associate Director for Human Resources, Veterans and Labor at the Office of Management and Budget in Washington, DC. Prior to this Mr. Plager was counselor to the Under Secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, 1986-1987. From 1977 to 1984, he was dean of Indiana University School of Law, and professor of law since 1977.

Mr. Plager graduated from the University of North Carolina (A.B., 1952), the University of Florida (J.D., 1958), and Columbia University (LL.M., 1961). He was born May 16, 1931, in Long Branch, NJ. He served in the United States Navy and United States Naval Reserve, 1948-1971. Mr. Plager is married to Commissioner Ilene H. Nagel, of the United States Sentencing Commission, in Washington, DC, and has three children.