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15 Jul 2011, 12:00 am
The debt ceiling drama increasingly seems like two debates rolled into one. [read post]
28 May 2012, 9:30 pm
Earlier this month, the EPA released a draft version of a guidance document that agency officials hope to use to make decisions about issuing permits for fracking operations that use diesel fluid. [read post]
24 Oct 2012, 9:30 pm
In a recent advisory opinion that could have long-lasting consequences for the Indian government’s allocation of natural resources, the Supreme Court of India determined that neither its decisions nor the Indian constitution mandate that the government hold an auction when distributing access to natural resources, notwithstanding an earlier Supreme Court decision advocating the use of auctions. [read post]
20 Sep 2013, 12:30 am
Larry Summers withdrew his name from consideration to be a Federal Reserve (Fed) chair.Representatives introduced a bill that would give the U.S. [read post]
23 Aug 2013, 12:25 am
The U.S. [read post]
15 Aug 2011, 12:00 am
How much is too much to pay a financial regulator? [read post]
5 Jan 2012, 8:12 pm
When the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced a major settlement of charges that Facebook misled users into believing their information was private, the agency heightened the salience of the government’s role in regulating the privacy settings on networking sites such as Facebook and Google Plus. [read post]
16 Feb 2012, 9:30 pm
President Obama introduced a $3.8 trillion budget for Fiscal Year 2013, in which he expressed support for the so-called “Buffett rule,” placing a 30% tax floor on incomes greater than $1 million. [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 10:45 am
The House Subcommittee on Health voted on Wednesday to move forward with a bill that would repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), a Medicare cost-cutting entity that has been derided by some Republicans as a “death panel. [read post]
11 Mar 2012, 9:30 pm
Retreating from a more hardline stance on political dissent, China has scrapped plans to legalize detention of political prisoners for up to six months in undisclosed locations. [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 12:00 am
On December 8, as the first item on the agenda of its 55th Plenary Session, the Administrative Conference of the US (ACUS) will consider a proposed recommendation on agencies’ incorporation of private organization standards into their notices of rulemaking, rules, and guidance documents. [read post]
25 Mar 2012, 9:30 pm
There’s a common impression that key Obama administration regulatory reforms have created a power struggle between the federal government and the states. [read post]
15 Oct 2012, 9:30 pm
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has published a “Safe Harbor Countries List” which provides guidance to remittance transfer providers (RTPs) about when they are exempted from some of the disclosure requirements set forth in the agency’s “Remittance Rule. [read post]
1 Mar 2011, 6:00 am
Discussions at the 2011 meeting of the Davos World Economic Forum, “Shared Norms for the New Reality,” focused on increasing transparency in government and in the financial-services industry through regulation. [read post]
25 Jan 2012, 7:25 am
In his State of the Union address last night, President Barack Obama emphasized government’s role in building a stronger, fairer economy. [read post]
5 Sep 2011, 12:00 am
Citing undue regulatory burden and uncertainty, President Obama asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday to delay updating ozone standards until 2013. [read post]
5 May 2013, 9:30 pm
After a hard-fought legislative battle and a Supreme Court challenge, the fight over Obamacare now rages at the state level, as states decide whether to run their own health-care exchanges under the auspices of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).Over half of the states have refused to set up their own health exchanges; most of those have also rejected the Act's Medicaid expansion. [read post]
10 Oct 2013, 9:30 pm
President Barack Obama nominated Janet Yellen as the first woman to lead the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Fed).The U.S. [read post]
8 Feb 2010, 8:56 pm
Last fall, the U.S. [read post]
8 Apr 2012, 9:30 pm
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) recently issued a two-page directive requiring agencies to engage in a new form of analysis: the cumulative impact of their rules. [read post]
