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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]
7 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm
A small bean grown in the Indian subcontinent has become a prized international commodity since the rise of American hydraulic fracturing (fracking). [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]
5 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm
To capture the Internet’s burgeoning scope requires numbers beyond imagining. [read post]
2 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm
The Cybersecurity Act (S. 3414) failed to win the 60 votes needed in the U.S. [read post]
2 Aug 2012, 8:30 am
Last week, the U.S. [read post]
31 Jul 2012, 9:30 pm
In an effort to decrease the state’s high rate of foreclosures, the California legislature recently passed a “Homeowners Bill of Rights” that includes measures to ban “dual-tracking” and give homeowners the right to sue financial institutions. [read post]
30 Jul 2012, 9:50 pm
Recent bans on importing popular consumer electronic goods such as smartphones and gaming consoles affect not only individuals’ day-to-day lives, but also significant pockets of the U.S. economy. [read post]
29 Jul 2012, 9:30 pm
Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also serves as the Director of the Penn Program on Regulation and the faculty advisor to RegBlog. [read post]
26 Jul 2012, 9:00 pm
The House passed the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act (H.R. 4078) that would freeze major federal regulations until the unemployment rate, now at 8.2 percent, drops to 6 percent or below.The House approved a bill that would bar the Department of Labor (DOL) from finalizing a proposed regulation addressing child labor on farms.U.S. [read post]
25 Jul 2012, 9:30 pm
A recently passed Pennsylvania bill will dedicate approximately $63 million dollars to reinstate funding for a unique homeowner’s assistance program that had been defunded after spending cuts in 2011. [read post]
24 Jul 2012, 9:30 pm
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently issued a hazard alert related to drilling workers’ inhalation of silica dust, a byproduct of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” through sand. [read post]
23 Jul 2012, 9:30 pm
Late last month, a federal appeals court denied or dismissed all challenges to four greenhouse gas regulations issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). [read post]
22 Jul 2012, 9:30 pm
A recent report by a private foundation highlights the tension between the Arctic Council’s desire to expand its clout and its reluctance to allow non-Arctic countries to influence its agenda. [read post]
19 Jul 2012, 9:01 pm
18 Jul 2012, 9:30 pm
Although one of my advisors is, I am not a student of James Q. [read post]
18 Jul 2012, 9:30 pm
Although it had been some years since Professor Wilson focused his scholarly attention on regulation and bureaucracy, the Penn Program on Regulation would like commemorate his magisterial impact on the field by featuring a series of tributes and commentaries this week and next on RegBlog. [read post]
18 Jul 2012, 9:29 pm
Government agencies should review their rules regularly to ensure that those rules impose the lowest reasonable burden on Americans consistent with fulfilling the agency’s statutory objectives. [read post]
17 Jul 2012, 9:30 pm
I appreciate having this opportunity to pass on a few observations about Jim Wilson, his work, and his teaching. [read post]
16 Jul 2012, 9:30 pm
Among his many interests, perhaps the least well-known is that Jim Wilson was a strong advocate of randomized trials in government. [read post]
