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6 Feb 2012, 9:30 pm
YouTube and the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), which represents state chief information officers and information technology executives, recently agreed that YouTube would provide state governments with the option of using modified terms of service. [read post]
4 Jul 2012, 9:30 pm
Two recently introduced bills in the United States Senate are designed to slow the "brain drain" of foreign-born scientists and engineers who return to their native countries after receiving graduate training in the US. [read post]
26 Sep 2013, 9:30 pm
Forty state attorneys general petitioned the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate e-cigarettes. [read post]
29 May 2010, 2:05 am
In the wake of the disaster on April 5, 2010, at the Upper Big Branch Mine, much attention has been given to how the mining industry has been regulated and whether those regulations are effective. [read post]
13 Dec 2010, 8:53 pm
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs leaders have introduced legislation to improve public access to information about federal government regulations. [read post]
14 May 2012, 9:30 pm
Climate change is one of the most pressing global issues facing the international community today. [read post]
14 Apr 2011, 6:00 am
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led a committee hearing last Wednesday examining the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 6:00 am
In its 8-0 decision in Williamson v Mazda Motor of America, Inc. earlier this year, the U.S. [read post]
8 Nov 2011, 12:00 am
Would the risk of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which released approximately 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico last year, have been reduced if the agency responsible for enforcing offshore oil and gas regulations, Minerals Management Service (MMS), not also collected oil and gas revenues from the same companies it oversaw as a regulator? [read post]
29 Aug 2013, 10:03 pm
The U.S. [read post]
5 Feb 2012, 9:30 pm
After receiving public criticism from over 160 major associations and companies about the planned top-level internet domain expansion, the U.S. [read post]
28 Jun 2012, 11:30 pm
In a 5-4 split, a narrowly divided Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. [read post]
5 Jul 2011, 6:00 am
After a two-month public comment period, the US Environmental Protection Agency has recently released a plan for conducting over thirty reviews of existing environmental regulations. [read post]
15 Jul 2011, 12:00 am
The debt ceiling drama increasingly seems like two debates rolled into one. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 6:00 am
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) seeks to "curb the practice of imposing unfunded Federal mandates on States and local governments" by, among other things, requiring agencies to assess and disclose the financial impact of their regulations on state and local governments. [read post]
21 Apr 2011, 6:00 am
Federal officials recently announced the establishment of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), within the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to develop new medicines. [read post]
13 Aug 2013, 9:30 pm
A large gap in the regulatory system is the absence of data and analysis to determine whether agency rules accomplish their intended purposes. [read post]
4 Sep 2013, 9:30 pm
The U.S. [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 12:00 am
In response to an alarming report on the rising use of synthetic stimulants, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) published a notice earlier this month announcing its intent to prohibit the possession and sale of three substances that allegedly cause psychological effects similar to methamphetamine, cocaine, and LSD. [read post]
14 Feb 2011, 8:55 am
As Google becomes more dominant, antitrust regulators in the US and in Europe are scrutinizing its business decisions more closely. [read post]
