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27 Mar 2013, 9:30 pm by Christina Reichert
Getting a college education is part of the American dream. [read post]
17 Aug 2011, 12:00 am by Abigail Slater
Senator Al Franken (D-MN) recently went to bat against his former employer, NBC, in a skirmish between its new owner, Comcast, and Bloomberg News. [read post]
31 Jan 2012, 9:30 pm by Jenna Shweitzer
Mitt Romney’s victory yesterday in the Florida primary would appear to make it more likely he will be the Republican nominee for the 2012 U.S. presidential election. [read post]
24 Apr 2013, 9:30 pm by Wistar Wilson
Despite tightening budgets, the federal government is substantially overpaying private insurers for Medicare benefits, according to a report recently issued by a federal auditor. [read post]
18 Jun 2013, 9:30 pm by Wistar Wilson
Every day, countless transactions take place online. [read post]
16 Feb 2010, 8:43 pm by Penn Program on Regulation
The New York Times and the Washington Post report that additional petitions for review of EPA's endangerment finding have been filed by, among others, Texas and Virginia as well as the U.S. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 6:00 am by Robert Jackel
In a video message released to launch a new “Campaign to Cut Waste,” President Obama announced last week several government projects that will be targeted for elimination – starting with the print version of the Federal Register. [read post]
19 Oct 2011, 12:00 am by Chip Shaffer
With the support of nearly every Republican member of the House of Representative, along with about forty Democrats, the House passed a new bill last week that would create new guidelines for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in setting air pollution standards for industrial boilers, process heaters, and incinerators. [read post]
12 Mar 2012, 9:30 pm by Harlan Yu and David G. Robinson
“Open government” used to carry a hard political edge: it referred to politically-sensitive disclosures of government information. [read post]
24 Feb 2013, 9:30 pm by Tom Baker and Peter Siegelman
Informed observers have long marveled at the high prices charged for low value insurance products sold as “add-ons” to consumers buying other products. [read post]
16 Jun 2013, 9:30 pm by Ryan Abbott
When the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the cholesterol-lowering drug simvastatin in 1991, its decision was based on pre-market controlled clinical studies that analyzed a total of 2,423 patients. [read post]
15 Feb 2011, 6:53 pm by Penn Program on Regulation
The 2010 Patient Protection Affordable Care Act calls for the creation of insurance exchanges within each state, bans discrimination against patients with pre-existing conditions, and requires all Americans to purchase some form of health insurance. [read post]
29 Jul 2011, 6:00 am by Mima Mohammed
Funding for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) expired July 22, forcing furloughs that will continue indefinitely as the Senate and House struggle to reconcile an FAA spending bill. [read post]
15 Dec 2011, 12:00 am by Sean J. Kealy
A recent article in Scientific American questioned whether research on stem cell lines derived from unfertilized eggs was too tightly regulated by the federal government. [read post]
22 Feb 2012, 9:40 pm by Vanessa Kurzweil
The U.S. airline industry can look forward to $63.4 billion dollars of federal funding and four years of fiscal certainty after President Barack Obama signed the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 into law last week. [read post]
11 Apr 2013, 9:30 pm by RegBlog
A federal appeals court determined that investors were barred from holding the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) liable for the agency’s failure to uncover Madoff’s fraud scheme. [read post]
7 Jun 2013, 12:00 am by Christina Reichert
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose rules reforming the operation of money management funds. [read post]