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Questionable Benefits: NHTSA Proposed Rule Mandates Noisy Cars

Description:: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently published a proposed rule that would require hybrid and electric vehicles to make a minimum amount of sound while being operated at speeds slower than 18 miles per hour. Because they use an electric motor, hybrid and electric vehicles...
Author:: Miller, Sofie E.
Keyword:: Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Public policy, Commentaries, Regulation, and Federal government
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Commentary

DOE’s Proposed Commercial Refrigeration Rule Claims to Save Retailers Money by Reducing their Choices

Description:: In September, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a proposed rule setting energy efficiency standards for 49 different types of commercial refrigeration equipment, establishing maximum allowable energy usage standards as a function of either refrigerated volume or total display area for each...
Author:: Miller, Sofie E.
Keyword:: Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Public policy, Commentaries, Federal government, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Commentary

The Social Cost of Foregoing Public Participation in the SCC

Description:: The Department of Energy (“DOE”) is seeking public comment on whether it was appropriate to rely on an estimate of the “social cost of carbon” (“SCC”) in a final rulemaking without undergoing public comment. When DOE published a proposed rule to set energy efficiency standards for microwave ovens...
Author:: Dudley, Susan E., Miller, Sofie E., and Mannix, Brian F.
Keyword:: Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Public policy, Commentaries, Federal government, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Commentary

Much-anticipated CO2 Emissions Rule Renders Zero Benefits or Costs in Agency Analysis

Description:: On September 20th, the Environmental Protection Agency released a much-anticipated proposed rule that would limit the emissions of CO2 by new coal- and natural gas-fired power plants, or electric utility generating units (EGUs). This proposal is one of many regulatory actions being undertaken by...
Author:: Miller, Sofie E.
Keyword:: Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Public policy, Commentaries, Federal government, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Commentary

When Environmental Quality Isn’t the Goal: New EPA Fuel Standards Foul the Air

Description:: Environmental Protection Agency regulations are sometimes presented as economically efficient, correcting a market failure and maximizing net social benefits; other times they appear to subordinate that goal and instead pursue the single-minded objective of reduced pollution. And sometimes they...
Author:: Miller, Sofie E.
Keyword:: Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Public policy, Commentaries, Federal government, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Commentary

DOE Relies on Private Benefits to Justify $3 Billion Energy Efficiency Rule

Description:: According to DOE’s proposed rule, furnace fans achieving these energy efficiency levels “are already commercially available for at least some, if not most, product classes covered by this proposal.” That is, in many cases, consumers already have the option to purchase a higher-cost,...
Author:: Miller, Sofie E.
Keyword:: Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Public policy, Commentaries, Federal government, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Commentary

Measuring Regulatory Activity: Pre- and Post-Shutdown

Description:: Until it ended last week, the government shutdown had a visible effect on the regulatory activities of federal agencies. Due to the appropriations lapse, many agencies discontinued work they did not deem necessary to protect human life and property, which meant that most regulations underway were...
Author:: Miller, Sofie E.
Keyword:: Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Public policy, Commentaries, Federal government, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Commentary

President Nominates Howard Shelanski to be OIRA Administrator

Description:: Last week, President Obama nominated Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chief Economist Howard Shelanski to be the next Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). If confirmed by the Senate, Shelanski would fill the...
Author:: Miller, Sofie E.
Keyword:: Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Public policy, Commentaries, Federal government, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Commentary

OMB’s Draft 2013 Report to Congress on Regulatory Costs and Benefits has Limitations

Description:: The benefits and costs of regulations, individually and in the aggregate, are notoriously hard to measure. In an attempt to measure the size and scope of regulation, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) each year submits to Congress an accounting statement and associated report providing...
Author:: Dudley, Susan E. and Miller, Sofie E.
Keyword:: Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Public policy, Commentaries, Regulation, and Federal government
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Commentary

Reducing the Regulatory Burden: Recommendations for FDA’s Proposed Food Safety Rule

Description:: In January, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a proposed rule, Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption, establishing minimum standards for the safe growing, harvesting, packing, and holding of produce. Our examination of the...
Author:: Miller, Sofie E. and West, Cassidy B.
Keyword:: Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Public policy, Commentaries, Federal government, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Commentary

DOT Rule Doesn’t Address Market Failure: An Analysis of EO 12866 Requirements

Description:: Executive Order 12866 outlines some fundamental tenets of U.S. regulatory policy, instructing regulatory agencies to identify the problems that they are attempting to solve through new rules and to promulgate rules that are cost-effective. These instructions are intended to make sure that rules...
Author:: Miller, Sofie E.
Keyword:: Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Public policy, Commentaries, Federal government, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Commentary

Reducing Burdens? Tier 3 Tells Another Story

Description:: Recognizing that unjustified regulatory burdens can be particularly challenging in a weak economy, President Obama issued Executive Order 13563 instructing each regulatory agency to “periodically review its existing significant regulations to determine whether any such regulations should be...
Author:: Miller, Sofie E.
Keyword:: Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Public policy, Commentaries, Regulation, and Federal government
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Commentary

What the Unified Agenda Tells Us About Notice and Comment Rulemaking

Description:: Last month, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report finding that federal agencies published about 35 percent of the major rules issued between 2003 and 2010 without seeking public comment through a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). As Susan Dudley explained in a policy...
Author:: Miller, Sofie E.
Keyword:: Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Public policy, Commentaries, Federal government, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Commentary

Now is the Perfect Time to Review Outdated Diabetic Driver Rules

Description:: On January 18, 2011, President Obama signed Executive Order 13563, Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review, instructing agencies to retrospectively review their rules to identify outmoded, ineffective, and excessively burdensome requirements. In light of a recent news article detailing some...
Author:: Miller, Sofie E.
Keyword:: Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Public policy, Commentaries, Regulation, and Federal government
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Commentary

TSA Must Subject its Controversial Passenger Screening to Public Scrutiny

Description:: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has used advanced imaging technology (AIT) to screen airline passengers for weapons since 2007. While the traveling public and defenders of civil liberties have been vocally critical of the practice, those objections have largely fallen on deaf...
Author:: Miller, Sofie E.
Keyword:: Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Public policy, Commentaries, Regulation, and Federal government
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Commentary

20 Years of Executive Order 12866

Description:: Last week marked the 20th anniversary of Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review, which was signed by President Clinton on September 30, 1993 and published in the Federal Register on October 4, 1993. EO 12866 built on previous regulatory oversight executive orders in establishing...
Author:: Miller, Sofie E.
Keyword:: Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Public policy, Commentaries, Regulation, and Federal government
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Commentary

Questionable Benefits: NHTSA Proposed Rule Mandates Noisy Cars

DOE’s Proposed Commercial Refrigeration Rule Claims to Save Retailers Money by Reducing their Choices

The Social Cost of Foregoing Public Participation in the SCC

Much-anticipated CO2 Emissions Rule Renders Zero Benefits or Costs in Agency Analysis

When Environmental Quality Isn’t the Goal: New EPA Fuel Standards Foul the Air

DOE Relies on Private Benefits to Justify $3 Billion Energy Efficiency Rule

Measuring Regulatory Activity: Pre- and Post-Shutdown

President Nominates Howard Shelanski to be OIRA Administrator

OMB’s Draft 2013 Report to Congress on Regulatory Costs and Benefits has Limitations

Reducing the Regulatory Burden: Recommendations for FDA’s Proposed Food Safety Rule

DOT Rule Doesn’t Address Market Failure: An Analysis of EO 12866 Requirements

Reducing Burdens? Tier 3 Tells Another Story

What the Unified Agenda Tells Us About Notice and Comment Rulemaking

Now is the Perfect Time to Review Outdated Diabetic Driver Rules

TSA Must Subject its Controversial Passenger Screening to Public Scrutiny

20 Years of Executive Order 12866

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