PAI
Team
Joseph A. Hawkins, Consultant
George Washington University
Masters of Public Administration, 1988
Georgetown University
Master of Economics, 1985
Howard University
Bachelor of Arts, Economics, 1972
Mr. Hawkins has over 25 years of experience as an executive, manager, leader, and analyst in the transportation industry. As the chief economist at the Transportation Security Administration,
Mr. Hawkins was the expert in conducting analyses required by statute and executive orders before the issuance of regulations. He developed the agency structure and provided the expertise and leadership that enabled TSA to produce economic and regulatory flexibility analyses that supported agency regulatory goals and commitments. He provided analytical expertise for such complex regulations as criminal history records checks, pilot threat assessments, and aviation cargo rules. While at the Federal Aviation Administration, Mr. Hawkins was the lead economist on a team that performed complex and extensive analyses that assisted decisionmakers in determining the best regulatory approaches to take to achieve agency regulatory objectives consistent with statutory and executive order guidelines. He is an expert on Office of Management and Budget requirements and guidelines and the numerous other statutes and executive orders that specify the factors and issues that must be addressed in the process of developing regulations, including the impacts on small entities.
For PAI, Mr. Hawkins has provided expert analytical support in the conduct of a review of FAA regulations, under provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 and the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, to determine whether regulations issued by the FAA place undue burdens on small entities. The regulations included a major body of FAA rules that govern aircraft operations. Mr. Hawkins also provided expert analytical support in a project to determine the regulatory course of action the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration should take to address issues confronting the household goods industry and the operations and practices of brokers and their impact on consumers. He researched and analyzed the key factors most critical in determining the strategy FMCSA should adopt. For the Department of Health and Human Services, Mr. Hawkins is performing the full Executive Order 12866 analysis and the regulatory flexibility analysis.