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24 Feb 2011, 6:00 am
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting program requires more than 10,000 facilities to file annual reports, each containing over 1,500 data elements. [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 6:00 am
Last December, the Dannon Company, Inc. settled charges made by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that the company had allegedly exaggerated some of the health benefits of its Activia yogurt and DanActive dairy drink. [read post]
22 Feb 2011, 6:00 am
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued a proposed rule to extend the consumer protections created by the 2010 Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to students enrolled in student health plans.Citing a 2008 Government Accounting Office (GAO) report, HHS explains in its Federal Register notice that 57 percent of all colleges and universities, approximately 2,500 schools, provided student health plans in the academic year of 2007-2008. [read post]
21 Feb 2011, 11:11 am
A good summary with lots of links: "Federal Budget Battle Centers on Regulation" on RegBlog. [read post]
21 Feb 2011, 6:00 am
See related RegBlog post.The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) waives 2010 benefit requirements of PPACA for insurance companies in Florida, New Jersey, Tennessee and Ohio after the states show that the requirements would cause “a significant increase in premiums or a decrease in access to benefits. [read post]
20 Feb 2011, 11:35 am
President Obama’s FY 2012 budget proposal, released earlier this week, calls for a five-year freeze on non-security discretionary spending which will affect the work of many federal regulatory agencies. [read post]
20 Feb 2011, 7:31 am
As part of Congressional Republicans’ agenda outlined in their Pledge to America, Representative Geoff Davis (R-KY) has reintroduced the REINS Act (H.R. 10). [read post]
15 Feb 2011, 6:53 pm
The 2010 Patient Protection Affordable Care Act calls for the creation of insurance exchanges within each state, bans discrimination against patients with pre-existing conditions, and requires all Americans to purchase some form of health insurance. [read post]
14 Feb 2011, 6:19 pm
Chamber of Commerce, Obama speaks of removing outdated regulations on business; see related RegBlog post A day after Rep. [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]
14 Feb 2011, 7:06 am
On January 4, 2011, Congress amended the Clean Water Act (CWA) in an attempt to improve water quality in American cities. [read post]
11 Feb 2011, 8:28 pm
On February 2, 2011, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) proposed a new rule to make it easier for federal officials to identify and target mines that have committed repeat health and safety violations. [read post]
8 Feb 2011, 3:40 pm
In his speech before the US Chamber of Commerce yesterday, President Obama reminded his audience that he has ordered federal agencies to fix or repeal any “regulations that are needlessly stifling job creation and economic growth. [read post]
7 Feb 2011, 8:12 am
Each week, RegBlog will provide a list of selected news stories that we are following, along with links to fuller RegBlog stories, when available. [read post]
26 Jan 2011, 8:57 pm
Just as health care legislation dominated President Obama’s first two years in office, debates over government regulation more broadly may overtake Washington politics in the next two years. [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 9:36 am
Commentary on RegBlog, "New Executive Order Promotes Public Participation". [read post]
18 Jan 2011, 4:59 pm
This morning President Obama issued a new executive order on regulation. [read post]
14 Dec 2010, 6:45 am
RegBlog (Penn Law) reports that Senators Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT), and Susan Collins (R-ME) have in introduced the E-Rulemaking Act of 2010 (S. 3961). [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]
