Reason Foundation President May Serve In Interior Department
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WASHINGTON, DC, April 4, 2001 (ENS) - Interior Secretary Gale Norton
today announced that President George W. Bush intends to nominate P. Lynn
Scarlett to serve as Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and
Budget at the Department of the Interior.
The Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget is responsible
for providing policy guidance and administrative and fiscal oversight of
the Department, including the divisions of personnel, budget and policy.
�Throughout her career, Lynn Scarlett has developed and implemented
innovative partnerships between government, environmental groups,
industry and everyday citizens committed to protecting and conserving our
environment,� Norton said. �Lynn will open lines of communication between
the Interior Department and all people who pledge to preserve our
nation�s treasures, species and habitat while keeping our prosperity
moving forward.�
Scarlett is president and CEO of the Reason Foundation in Los Angeles, a
conservative research and education organization that explores and
promotes public policies based on �rationality and freedom.� As
president, she publishes �Reason,� a monthly political and cultural
magazine, and oversees the foundation�s national market oriented think
tank, Reason Public Policy Institute.
She has worked for the Reason Foundation since 1980, rising through the
ranks over the past two decades. She was named vice president of research
in 1991, where she researched environmental policy and land use issues.
Scarlett has published chapters in numerous books, magazine and trade
articles, and position papers on land use management, recycling and
innovative environmental practices.
She is also a member of the board of trustees of the National
Environmental Policy Institute in Washington, DC.
