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The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA /oʊˈaɪərə/ oh-EYE-rə) is an office of the United States Government that Congress established in the 1980 Paperwork Reduction Act. OIRA is located within the Office of Management and Budget which is an agency within the Executive Office of the President. It is staffed by both political appointees and career civil servants who have been carrying out the same kinds of economic analysis and related analyses for the past 20 years.