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27 May 2013, 9:30 pm
Interagency coordination has become a central preoccupation of administrative lawyers, scholars, and regulators. [read post]
24 Apr 2012, 9:33 pm
For many in the financial world, the Volcker Rule seems to be an iron fist coming down on banks. [read post]
2 Apr 2010, 10:42 am
This has been a busy week for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). [read post]
11 Jul 2011, 6:00 am
Although regulations affect every aspect of our lives, they rarely reach the attention of voters (and consequently of elected officials) because, unlike their spending cousins, their effects are often not visible. [read post]
9 Sep 2012, 9:30 pm
Responding to years—arguably decades—worth of cries to repair our “broken” patent system, Congress recently enacted the America Invents Act (AIA), which provides for the first major overhaul of the patent system in nearly sixty years. [read post]
20 May 2013, 9:30 pm
The most powerful, influential, and creative people in any society are its entrepreneurs. [read post]
10 Jul 2012, 9:30 pm
It is a sad fact that the tradition Jim Wilson represented in political science – the study of government organizations that took them seriously both as organizations and as parts of the political system – has largely died out in the discipline. [read post]
20 Jul 2013, 10:00 pm
People engage in all kinds of harmful acts. [read post]
25 Nov 2015, 9:30 pm
Today, most Americans will partake in the tradition of a celebratory Thanksgiving dinner with family, friends, and neighbors, and will join with each other in giving thanks. [read post]
29 May 2012, 9:30 pm
In 2008, Congress passed the Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act. [read post]
28 Nov 2012, 9:30 pm
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Fed) has introduced its 2013 stress test program for large banks that could have systemic impacts on the financial sector, issuing instructions and guidelines for banks’ compliance with annual stress test and capital planning requirements. [read post]
4 Feb 2013, 9:30 pm
Despite a surge in the number of patents issued and an increase in patent rights in recent years, innovation and spending on research and development has surprisingly not increased in proportion. [read post]
17 Apr 2013, 9:30 pm
The long-awaited release of President Obama’s budget will once again ignite debate in Washington, D.C. over the nation’s spending priorities. [read post]
19 Mar 2012, 9:30 pm
Adapting to a changing climate may be the most realistic response to climate change, according to MIT economist Michael Greenstone, who spoke at a recent risk regulation seminar organized by the Penn Program on Regulation. [read post]
15 Jul 2012, 9:30 pm
The fearsomely productive Jim Wilson book-ended the 1980s with two hugely influential book-length contributions, an edited volume on The Politics of Regulation (1980) and his opus on Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It (1989). [read post]
6 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm
I once undertook to assist my younger son Paul with his undergraduate senior thesis, an endeavor that led to a day spent in each of two federal libraries. [read post]
30 Oct 2012, 9:30 pm
As researchers predict that whole human genome sequencing may soon cost just $1,000, down from an estimation of $2.5 billion in 2000, observers caution that DNA sequencing may carry significant privacy risks. [read post]
5 Jun 2013, 9:30 pm
If two heads are better than one when it comes to thinking, would two heads of state be better than one for governing? [read post]
2 Jul 2013, 9:30 pm
Before leaving for its July 4 recess, the Senate voted to confirm Howard Shelanski as the new administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), a post that had been vacant since last August. [read post]
8 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, reported to Congress last week that the agency will not institute a debt forgiveness program despite requests from top Obama Administration officials. [read post]
