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18 Oct 2011, 12:00 am by Abigail Slater
Google executives and competitors, as well as antitrust experts, testified at a recent hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights. [read post]
17 Oct 2011, 6:30 am by Johan Eklund and Bj
Countries should follow the North American lead in requiring cost-benefit analyses of new regulations. [read post]
13 Oct 2011, 12:00 am by Joel Outten
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), a professional pharmaceutical organization, have recently taken steps to deter online distribution of counterfeit and illegal drugs. [read post]
12 Oct 2011, 6:00 pm by Jean Yin
In a round-table debate focused on jobs and the economy, Republican presidential candidates last night placed much blame for the continuing economic downturn on two laws: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Dodd-Frank Act. [read post]
12 Oct 2011, 12:00 am by Sean Moloney
Over two years after Delta Airlines and US Airways initially proposed a plan to swap a significant number of takeoff and landing slots at New York’s LaGuardia Airport and Washington’s Ronald Reagan’s National Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an order to be published tomorrow that approves the transaction that will reshape flight schedules at two of the Northeast’s major airports. [read post]
11 Oct 2011, 12:00 am by Annie Chou
The Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) announced last week that it is creating a “Network of Experts” to give the agency rapid access to information and advice about emerging medical technologies. [read post]
10 Oct 2011, 12:00 am by Kevin Haninger and James K. Hammitt
There are few empirical studies of the monetary value of protection against non-fatal illness. [read post]
7 Oct 2011, 12:00 am by Mima Mohammed
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski announced his plan to ask the Commission to reform the Universal Service Fund and intercarrier compensation rules to improve access to broadband services. [read post]
6 Oct 2011, 12:00 am by RegBlog
Even as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) confronts opponents outside the agency over its regulation of greenhouse gases (GHGs) under the Clean Air Act, the agency has now faced criticism from within its organization about how the agency developed its scientific assessment of GHGs. [read post]
5 Oct 2011, 12:00 am by Vanessa Kurzweil
The White House and the National Science Foundation (NSF) launched a major initiative last week designed to provide greater flexibility in the career paths of professionals in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), with the goal of reducing the rate at which women drop out of these fields. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 12:00 am by RegBlog
Existing economic analysis of climate change policy might not be accurate because it assumes too much certainty about the empirical effects of global warming. [read post]
29 Sep 2011, 4:40 am by Vanessa Kurzweil
Hospitals that receive Medicare or Medicaid funding must generally allow a same-sex domestic partner to be a medical representative for an incapacitated patient, according to guidance issued this month by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) within the U.S. [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 12:00 am by Annie Chou
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]
26 Sep 2011, 12:00 am by Alix McKenna
As part of its recently announced plan to eliminate 83 “outdated” rules, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a final rule officially repealing the Fairness Doctrine, which the FCC has not enforced since the late 1980s. [read post]