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6 May 2013, 9:30 pm
Is the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) accurately estimating how people will react to a nuclear power plant disaster? [read post]
13 Nov 2012, 9:30 pm
States across the country face an impending Friday deadline on whether they will take charge of implementing a major part of health care reform. [read post]
6 Jun 2012, 9:30 pm
The International Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce last week issued a preliminary ruling that wind turbine towers imported from China are subsidized and priced at an unfair level that hurts other competitors in the American market, adding to rising tension between the US and China over green technology trade. [read post]
12 Feb 2013, 9:30 pm
Network industries have been national monopolies for decades, so introducing competition in these sectors has been anything but easy. [read post]
17 Mar 2013, 9:30 pm
Since the passage of the Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (FMRA), which facilitates the integration of unmanned aerial aircraft into American airspace, government watchdogs have voiced concerns about whether the use of these aircraft by police for surveillance purposes violates the due process rights of U.S. citizens. [read post]
19 Jun 2013, 9:30 pm
“We the People,” the website operated by the White House, creates a simple system for ordinary Americans to exercise their First Amendment right to petition the administration, but its practical effects remain at best unclear. [read post]
7 Oct 2013, 9:35 pm
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation approved a final rule denying insurance to any deposit made in foreign branches of American banks. [read post]
8 Jul 2013, 9:30 pm
Cybersecurity is a "hot topic" in U.S. politics. [read post]
9 Jul 2013, 9:30 pm
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has finally issued its hotly debated contraceptive mandate. [read post]
5 Nov 2013, 9:11 pm
Millions of Americans send money abroad every year—an estimated $51 billion in 2012 alone. [read post]
13 Jun 2012, 9:30 pm
At a recent House subcommittee hearing, arguments about how to balance economic growth with environmental health and safety focused on the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” an innovative way to extract natural gas from underground shale.The hearing featured testimony from representatives from federal, state, and local officials as well as a university scientist. [read post]
2 Apr 2010, 10:42 am
This has been a busy week for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). [read post]
21 May 2012, 9:30 pm
One question posed by the recent financial crisis was whether our confusing and disaggregated approach to financial regulation in the United States was to blame for the downturn. [read post]
24 Mar 2013, 9:30 pm
Late last month, a bipartisan bill aimed at tackling the so-called patent troll issue was referred to the House Judiciary Committee by Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Jason Chaffetz (R-UT). [read post]
10 Jun 2013, 9:30 pm
A recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Report shows that in 2012, large drug companies increased their use of pay-for-delay settlements to keep small competitors out of the market. [read post]
11 Sep 2013, 9:30 pm
So far we have covered the internal process of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). [read post]
2 Oct 2013, 9:30 pm
Americans were once among the most educated people in the world. [read post]
23 Jan 2013, 3:30 pm
Nobody seems to have noticed, but the Center for Progressive Reform (CPR) recently recommended abolition of review by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) based on cost-benefit analysis (CBA). [read post]
22 Apr 2013, 9:30 pm
Borrowers who faced foreclosure actions during the financial crisis are finally starting to see some long-awaited relief, although many may receive less compensation than they might have hoped for. [read post]
25 Aug 2013, 9:31 pm
Since the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) first authorized agencies to make law through a process known as informal rulemaking in 1946, this process has become an essential part of modern government. [read post]
