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18 Dec 2012, 9:30 pm by Christopher Tipler
What effects will climate change have on the security missions of the American military and intelligence forces? [read post]
25 Jan 2012, 9:00 pm by Richard J. Pierce, Jr.
Use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing to produce natural gas from shale formations – so-called fracking – has provoked debate among politicians all over the world. [read post]
23 Jun 2013, 9:30 pm by Kristin E. Hickman
Under well-known administrative law cases like American Mining Congress v. [read post]
If legislators disagree about the efficacy of a proposed policy, why not resolve the disagreement with a bet? [read post]
25 Aug 2013, 9:31 pm by Kara Cheever
Since the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) first authorized agencies to make law through a process known as informal rulemaking in 1946, this process has become an essential part of modern government. [read post]
7 Oct 2013, 9:35 pm by Patricia Santiago
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation approved a final rule denying insurance to any deposit made in foreign branches of American banks. [read post]
17 Feb 2013, 9:30 pm by Shi-Ling Hsu
Economists on both the left and the right advocate for a carbon tax. [read post]
24 Mar 2013, 9:30 pm by Abigail Slater
Late last month, a bipartisan bill aimed at tackling the so-called patent troll issue was referred to the House Judiciary Committee by Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Jason Chaffetz (R-UT). [read post]
19 Aug 2013, 10:30 pm by Jeffrey J. Cook & Sara R. Rinfret
When the Department of Energy (DOE) issued a rule to improve the energy efficiency of microwave ovens earlier this year, it  relied on benefits associated with reduced carbon pollution in justifying its new standards. [read post]
30 Sep 2013, 9:30 pm by Maxwell Blum
A new debate is emerging about the economic effects of regulation. [read post]
7 Apr 2010, 8:20 pm by Penn Program on Regulation
Yesterday federal departments and agencies released their open government plans called for under President Obama’s Open Government Directive. [read post]
23 Apr 2012, 9:30 pm by Andrew Chon and Annie Chou
Despite widespread concern about the fate of nuclear power after the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, Paul Joskow, the President of the Alfred P. [read post]
11 Feb 2013, 9:30 pm by Lauren-Kelly Devine
As tax season comes into full swing, so-called “tax professionals”—individuals who prepare taxes for compensation but are not lawyers or accountants—now face unclear regulations—if they face any at all. [read post]
3 Jan 2012, 12:00 am by Steven J. Balla
For decades, notice and comment rulemaking and other forms of public consultation have been fundamental, democratizing components of the regulatory process in the United States and other advanced industrialized democracies. [read post]
29 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm by Brian Ryoo
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have jointly announced final rules that will effectively double fuel economy standards for cars and light-duty trucks to a fleet-wide average of 54.5 miles per gallon (mpg) by 2025. [read post]
23 Oct 2012, 9:30 pm by Maki Takahashi
A recent congressional report questioned two Chinese telecom companies’ links to the Chinese government and warned U.S. companies to consider “the long-term security risk associated with doing business with [them]. [read post]
3 Jun 2012, 9:30 pm by David Harrington
According to a new study, an important dichotomy exists between voluntary programs run by state regulatory agencies and similar programs run at the federal level in the United States. [read post]
14 Aug 2013, 9:30 pm by Viren Doshi
Fatal traffic accidents killed more than 32,000 people in the United States during 2011. [read post]