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5 Sep 2012, 9:30 pm by Alix McKenna
Every year, 177 people die in speeding-related accidents. [read post]
4 Sep 2012, 9:30 pm by Brian Ryoo
The Democratic Party unveiled its 2012 platform earlier this week, defending President Obama’s record on reducing waste in government and weeding out unnecessary federal regulations. [read post]
4 Sep 2012, 2:51 am by RegBlog
Do you think RegBlog is an innovative, regulatory law blog that offers high-quality content you just cannot find anywhere else? [read post]
Congress will soon be returning from a five-week recess, during which it left behind a lengthy list of uncompleted work: farmers facing one of the most devastating drought seasons in 50 years are unclear whether they will receive federal assistance; over $100 billion in across-the-board cuts are expected to impact domestic programs and military spending on January 2, 2013, without much thought given to how to balance efficiency and equity; the future of the United States Postal Service and its… [read post]
 As we detailed in an earlier RegBlog post, the Report Card assesses the quality of RIAs and the extent to which issuing agencies claim to have used the analysis to make decisions. [read post]
29 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm by Brian Ryoo
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have jointly announced final rules that will effectively double fuel economy standards for cars and light-duty trucks to a fleet-wide average of 54.5 miles per gallon (mpg) by 2025. [read post]
28 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm by David M. Driesen
Traditionally, the field of law and economics has treated government regulation as if it were a mere transaction. [read post]
23 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm by Mima Mohammed
A U.S. appeals court struck down a key Obama administration Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule to reduce harmful emissions from coal-burning power plants. [read post]
22 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm by Joel Mallord
 Washington appears to have noticed the recent clamor surrounding what some have suggested is an impending student debt crisis. [read post]
21 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm by Brian Ryoo
Should large institutional investors be allowed to have better access to information than small individual investors? [read post]
20 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm by Brian Ryoo
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) should increase its use of cost-benefit analysis in making and reviewing its regulations, argues George Mason University Law School Professor Henry G. [read post]
19 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm by Stuart Shapiro
The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) was passed in 1980 and reauthorized in 1986 and 1995. [read post]
15 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm by Brian Ryoo
Now that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has announced that Representative Paul Ryan will serve as his running mate, Ryan’s plans for deficit reduction and Medicare reform have garnered increasing – and even heated – attention on the campaign trail. [read post]
14 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm by David Harrington
Californians may soon see new warnings labeling food items on their grocery store shelves. [read post]
13 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm by RegBlog
Under a new proposal by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Internet companies may have to change the ways they collect online data to satisfy revised child privacy regulations. [read post]
12 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm by Sam Batkins
Not long before announcing that he will be leaving the administration, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) Administrator Cass Sunstein penned a memo to regulatory agencies urging “significant quantifiable reductions in paperwork burdens. [read post]
9 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm by Mima Mohammed
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Google Inc. has agreed to a $22.5 million settlement - the agency’s largest penalty ever - on charges the company misrepresented privacy protections to users of Apple’s Safari browser. [read post]