This response to the Department of Energy’s request for information on reducing regulatory
burdens does not represent the views of any particular affected party or special interest, but is
designed to improve DOE rulemakings and enhance DOE’s retrospective review efforts. As DOE notes in its...
Through a series of Executive Orders, President Obama has encouraged federal regulatory agencies to review existing regulations “that may be outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively burdensome, and to modify, streamline, expand, or repeal them in accordance with what has been learned.”...
The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center improves regulatory policy
through research, education, and outreach. As part of its mission, the Center conducts careful and
independent analyses to assess rulemaking proposals from the perspective of the public interest.
This comment...
This comment on the Department of Energy’s (DOE or the Department) proposed rule
establishing new energy efficiency standards for manufactured housing does not represent the
views of any particular affected party or special interest, but is designed to evaluate the effect of
DOE’s proposal on...
The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center improves regulatory policy through research, education, and outreach. As part of its mission, the Center conducts careful and independent analyses to assess rulemaking from the perspective of the public interest. This comment on the...
This comment on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule establishing renewable
fuel standards for 2017 and 2018 does not represent the views of any particular affected party or
special interest, but is designed to evaluate the effect of EPA’s proposal on overall consumer
welfare...
The Center provides these comments regarding question numbers 1, 10, and 15-19 presented in the Supplementary Information section of the Commission on
Evidence-Based Policymaking’s (the Commission’s) Federal Register notice issued on
September 14, 2016. Regulation may have a larger impact on...
This comment on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s policy guidance on
driverless car technology does not represent the views of any particular affected party or special
interest, but is designed to evaluate the effect of NHTSA’s policy on overall societal welfare.The National...
On June 4, 2015, Susan E. Dudley appeared before a Roundtable Discussion of the Senate Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management and gave testimony on practical solutions for improving the federal regulatory process. During the discussion, members of the subcommittee mentioned the...
OMB’s 2015 Draft Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations (the Report) provides the public valuable information both on estimates of the effects of major executive branch regulations and also on OMB’s focus and priorities. It also offers valuable recommendations that we...