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8 Apr 2013, 9:30 pm by Wistar Wilson
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed a rule to implement a key provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) intended to protect Medicare beneficiaries. [read post]
10 May 2013, 1:30 pm by Christina Reichert
President Barack Obama signed an executive order to make government information more available to the public.Republicans blocked a vote on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) nominee Gina McCarthy.The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a rule prohibiting creditors from financing insurance premiums in certain consumer transactions.The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a rule amending the safe and healthy use of certain radiation sources on animal feed and pet… [read post]
10 Nov 2011, 12:00 am by Aulden Burcher
Is China getting its local government debt problem under control? [read post]
21 Feb 2013, 9:30 pm by RegBlog
The Department of Justice (DOJ) commenced its review of current gun safety technology.The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed a rule that would free up airwaves used by the government in order to ease congestion on public and private Wi-Fi networks.Researchers urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take action to regulate sugar levels in soft drinks.The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a study revealing that five percent of American consumers’ credit reports… [read post]
13 Jan 2013, 9:30 pm by Margot Campbell
It may come as no surprise that crisis-driven situations are prone to the adoption of ineffective rules. [read post]
16 Oct 2012, 9:30 pm by Aaron Ellias
Talk of a securities market “kill switch” dominated discussions in a recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Market Technology Roundtable. [read post]
31 May 2013, 11:00 am by Christina Reichert
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), U.S. [read post]
10 Sep 2012, 9:30 pm by Jonathan C. Lipson
When a firm is in financial trouble, its stakeholders—e.g., a debtor and its creditors—participate in fixing the problem in different ways depending on the institutional context. [read post]
21 Jul 2011, 6:00 am by Brian Hunt
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs held a hearing on regulatory reform legislation Wednesday, debating—as Chair Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) put it—“not whether to regulate, but how best to regulate. [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 12:00 am by Abigail Slater
As the dust settles from AT&T’s decision to pull its merger application from consideration by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), attention turns to the FCC staff report that led up to a major setback for the largest proposed merger of the year. [read post]
24 Jul 2012, 9:30 pm by James Hobbs
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]
29 Oct 2013, 9:30 pm by Pooja Agarwal
Every month, more than 200,000 consumers complain to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) about robocalls. [read post]
29 Aug 2011, 12:00 am by Sam Saylor
As part of an ongoing effort to improve federal agency rulemaking, the Administrative Conference of the United States’s (ACUS) Committee on Rulemaking held a public meeting last Wednesday to consider recommendations for enhancing online efforts to engage the public in the rulemaking process. [read post]
4 May 2011, 6:00 am by Audrey Distler
In the wake of the global financial crisis, regulators in both the US and Europe are taking a more critical stance toward credit rating agencies (CRAs). [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 12:00 am by Abigail Slater
The  Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade within the House Commerce & Energy Committee held a hearing last week on the impact of European Union (EU) privacy and data collection policy on US internet companies.  [read post]
28 Feb 2013, 9:30 pm by RegBlog
TheFood and Nutrition Service (FNS) proposed a rule to stop payments under the food stamp program to food sellers suspected of fraud.The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) published a final rule permitting credit unions to buy Treasury Inflation Protected Securities.The U.S. [read post]
3 Apr 2010, 7:50 am by Penn Program on Regulation
EPA and NHTSA received over 130,000 public comments in developing their joint rule on greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles. [read post]