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Description:: The Department of Energy recently issued a direct final rule setting energy efficiency standards for an appliance that is used in most American residences: dishwashers. These standards, effective in September, are intended to reduce American energy consumption, decrease global greenhouse gas...
Author:: Miller, Sofie
Keyword:: Regulation, Regulatory studies, Regulatory policy, Federal government, Public policy, and Commentaries
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Commentary

Description:: What can the American public expect from federal regulators in the coming year? The biannual Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, published last week, provides a first glimpse at upcoming regulations and, in a perfect world, offers citizens the chance to become involved in the...
Author:: Miller, Sofie
Keyword:: Regulation, Regulatory studies, Regulatory policy, Federal government, Public policy, and Commentaries
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Commentary

Description:: Since President Obama issued Executive Order 13563, Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review in early 2011, some onlookers have wondered how and to what extent regulators will consider human dignity as a regulatory analysis input. The executive order stressed the role of both quantitative...
Author:: Miller, Sofie
Keyword:: Regulation, Regulatory studies, Regulatory policy, Federal government, Public policy, and Commentaries
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Commentary

Description:: In a 2011 report, the Environmental Protection Agency projected that its retrospective review efforts would save $1.5 billion over five years, but are the American people getting what the Agency promised? A recent working paper by the GW Regulatory Studies Center suggests that the unprecedented...
Author:: Miller, Sofie
Keyword:: Regulation, Regulatory studies, Regulatory policy, Federal government, Public policy, and Commentaries
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Commentary

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