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29 Mar 2011, 6:00 am
The winner in each category, selected on the basis of originality and whimsy by the student editors of RegBlog, will receive a $25 iTunes gift card and a RegBlog t-shirt. [read post]
28 Mar 2011, 12:00 pm
The new FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) grants the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to expand its food safety regulation, shifting from efforts to respond to contamination to those aimed at preventing contamination from arising in the first place. [read post]
28 Mar 2011, 6:00 am
See related RegBlog post.The Federal Reserve, the independent agency in charge of American monetary policy, announced that it will begin to hold regular press conferences in an effort to garner public support following the financial crisis.The federal government held an Open Government Research and Development Summit on March 21st and 22nd. [read post]
27 Mar 2011, 6:00 am
The U.S. [read post]
25 Mar 2011, 4:52 pm
Last week, Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the Clearing Unnecessary Regulatory Burdens Act (S. 602), a bill that would require agencies undertaking significant regulatory actions to submit cost-benefit analyses of those actions. [read post]
25 Mar 2011, 6:00 am
In an effort to protect consumers in the mortgage market from unfair practices involving the compensation of loan originators, the Federal Reserve has issued a new rule amending Regulation Z, which implements the Truth in Lending Act. [read post]
23 Mar 2011, 6:00 am
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), the highly publicized federal agency established by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, is beginning to take form online and in Washington, D.C. [read post]
21 Mar 2011, 6:00 am
See related RegBlog post.The Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a report finding that menthol cigarettes were more dangerous than regular cigarettes. [read post]
18 Mar 2011, 6:00 am
Created just in time for Sunshine Week, “a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information,” the site was developed as part of the DOJ’s open government initiative (see related RegBlog post). [read post]
17 Mar 2011, 6:00 am
For a discussion of recent congressional hearings, see the March 11th RegBlog post.Image of FCC headquarters is U.S. government work by Flickr user fccdotgov. [read post]
15 Mar 2011, 6:00 am
See related RegBlog posts. [read post]
14 Mar 2011, 6:00 am
In January, the U.S. [read post]
11 Mar 2011, 8:31 am
” An earlier RegBlog post provides background on the net neutrality debate, and the FCC's approach. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 6:00 am
The Obama Administration faces ongoing lawsuits challenging financial support of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 6:00 am
In an effort to promote the Obama Administration’s goal of increasing government transparency, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) has provided agencies with a comprehensive guide for improving their electronic dockets.The guide, released in November, 2010, outlines three strategic goals for the federal government’s online regulatory portal known as Regulations.gov: (1) increasing public access, (2) building a common taxonomy for different agencies’ materials,… [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 6:00 am
Internet companies and other businesses track which websites people visit and what they do on those sites. [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]
28 Feb 2011, 5:05 pm
See related RegBlog post. [read post]
28 Feb 2011, 6:00 am
On February 11, 2011, the U.S. [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]
