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20 Oct 2013, 9:33 pm
Congress is currently considering more than a dozen regulatory reform bills that would modify the procedures by which executive branch agencies issue new regulations. [read post]
3 Jul 2010, 5:32 am
Since President Obama’s first announcement of his nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, many observers have noted that her confirmation would bring the number of women sitting on the nation’s highest Court to three, the most at any time in our nation’s history. [read post]
17 Jun 2012, 9:30 pm
I want to describe for you what it is like to be a regulatory practitioner. [read post]
12 Sep 2013, 9:30 pm
I want to conclude my discussion of the myths and realities of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) by saying something about costs and benefits – and about politics. [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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
18 Sep 2013, 9:45 pm
The majority of chemicals in use today have not been screened for safety or regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), making the Act considered to be largely ineffective. [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]
9 Jul 2012, 9:30 pm
I began as a political science graduate student at Harvard in 1980. [read post]
5 Sep 2012, 9:30 pm
Every year, 177 people die in speeding-related accidents. [read post]
30 Apr 2013, 9:30 pm
When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wrote Senator Charles Grassley two letters discussing water treatment regulations, the agency probably did not think it was crafting new regulations. [read post]
6 May 2012, 9:30 pm
When I worked at a federal regulatory agency, I used to hate the term “no-brainer” to describe a pending decision. [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]
27 May 2013, 9:30 pm
Interagency coordination has become a central preoccupation of administrative lawyers, scholars, and regulators. [read post]
24 Jun 2013, 9:30 pm
Politicians and commentators often depict government failure as some sort of modern epidemic burdening society. [read post]
16 Jan 2013, 9:30 pm
Every year, 3000 Americans die from a food-borne illness. [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]
