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25 Jan 2013, 1:25 pm
“They serve, they’re wounded, and they die right next to each other,” Secretary of Defense Leon E. [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]
5 Mar 2013, 9:30 pm
While Congress fought last week over sequestration, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took on bagged lettuce, raw onions, and E. coli. [read post]
28 Oct 2013, 9:17 pm
The bank bailouts of the late 2000s have cost America’s taxpayers at least $21 billion, with comparatively hefty bills for taxpayers in Britain and the Eurozone, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). [read post]
16 Jul 2012, 9:29 pm
This December, the Obama Administration will again have to decide how much air quality is needed to protect public health and welfare. [read post]
7 May 2013, 9:30 pm
A coalition of federal agencies and five states intends to deploy nearly $600 million, drawn from a $1 billion fund financed by BP, to pay for twenty-eight new early restoration projects across the Gulf Coast. [read post]
19 May 2013, 9:30 pm
Congressional Republicans have attacked the Obama administration by accusing federal agencies of engaging in collusive litigation practices with public interest groups (pejoratively dubbed “sue-and-settle”). [read post]
10 Jun 2012, 9:30 pm
In its landmark decision, Chevron U.S.A. [read post]
23 Jun 2013, 9:30 pm
Under well-known administrative law cases like American Mining Congress v. [read post]
11 Jul 2012, 9:30 pm
The potential of the retrospective review of rules adopted by federal agencies has been hailed by both the right and the left as a way to improve regulation and increase efficiency: by collecting information on what works and what does not, we can make better choices in the future. [read post]
2 May 2011, 6:00 am
The decision of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to bring an insider trading action against Rajat Gupta, the former McKinsey managing director, in an administrative proceeding instead of in federal court is drawing questions from pundits – as well as apparently from Judge Jed S. [read post]
10 Sep 2013, 9:19 pm
While my first three observations about how OIRA works shed light on what OIRA does, the fourth and last point sheds light on the nature of the work: Much of the OIRA process is highly technical, and it’s very rarely political in the sense in which that word is used in ordinary language. [read post]
19 Feb 2012, 9:30 pm
It is rare in the current political climate for a regulatory scheme to receive broad support – including from regulated entities. [read post]
26 Nov 2012, 9:30 pm
A federal court recently approved the $22.5 million settlement reached three months ago between Google and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on charges that Google improperly tracked the user “cookies” on Apple’s Safari browser. [read post]
14 Jun 2013, 4:10 am
Senator Rob Portman may have put it best Wednesday when he described the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) Administrator as “the most important job in Washington that nobody has ever heard of. [read post]
20 Mar 2013, 11:00 pm
Managing risks related to public health and safety while protecting the environment is now one of the principal functions that public opinion expects from the European Union. [read post]
31 Aug 2011, 12:00 am
According to a study published earlier this year in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, mandatory calorie posting in New York City Starbucks stores caused customers to decrease their average calorie intake per transaction by 6%. [read post]
26 Feb 2012, 9:30 pm
The media has extensively covered Rick Santorum’s views on social issues, but what are his opinions about regulation? [read post]
21 Oct 2012, 9:30 pm
Chain restaurants in New York City are required to post calories on their menu boards, a movement that is spreading nationwide. [read post]
30 Jun 2013, 10:11 pm
Federal agencies have relied upon private sector expertise and resources by incorporating thousands of private standards into binding public regulations – but only by reference. [read post]
