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- 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...
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- Miller, Sofie E.
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- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
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- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- The comment period closed yesterday on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed rule requiring disclosure of the ratio of CEO pay to the median pay of all workers in the firm. In a public interest comment filed with the SEC, I argue there is little economic justification for this...
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- Korok, Ray
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- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
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- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit sent the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) back to the Environmental Protection Agency for revision. The court found that the rule, which would limit emissions from power plants in Texas and Eastern states, was unconstitutional because...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan
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- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
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- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- Among the priorities highlighted in the introductory chapters of President Obama’s proposed 2014 Budget is a commitment to “a regulatory strategy that protects the safety and health of all Americans, while promoting continued economic growth and job creation.” The Budget claims that by carefully...
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- Dudley, Susan E.
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- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
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- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- 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.
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- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
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- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- The Internet and new media tools make two-way sharing of government information and public feedback not only possible, but also more convenient than previous paper methods. Public consultation is the solicitation of public participation in the form of public comments during the rulemaking...
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- Bankey, Erin
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- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- The Office of Management and Budget quietly released its draft 2013 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Regulations on Friday, April 19, covering regulatory activity through the end (September 30) of fiscal year 2012. Recall that, as the presidential election approached, the White...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E.
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- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
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- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- My chapter in a new book published this week, Does Regulation Kill Jobs?, explores some of the reasons why the human welfare metric, as it is typically calculated in a BCA, appears to be insensitive to the employment effects that loom so large in the perceptions of the public and its elected...
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- Mannix, Brian F.
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- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- 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
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- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- 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:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- In 1981, President Reagan’s Executive Order 12291 gave the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) responsibility for reviewing federal agencies’ regulations before their publication in the Federal Register. Three decades and four presidential administrations later, OIRA continues to...
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- Vesey, Kathryn
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- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
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- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- A new Government Accountability Office report finds that federal agencies did not go through notice-and-comment rulemaking for over one-third of the major rules issued between 2003 and 2010. This means that a significant percentage of new regulations expected to have an impact of $100 million or...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- The scope and reach of regulation is growing, and along with it, public concern that there may be too much regulation of private activity. (See annual Gallup poll showing that more respondents are concerned about too much regulation than too little.) In response to this concern, President...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- 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...
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- Dudley, Susan E., Mannix, Brian F., and Miller, Sofie E.
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- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- For an upcoming 3-day weekend, my 17-year old son and I won’t think twice about hopping on a flight to visit family in Massachusetts. When I was my son’s age, such an excursion would have been an unthinkable luxury; air travel was reserved for businessmen or the wealthy. Alfred Kahn, the person...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E.
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- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- 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.
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- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- The 113th Congress is considering various bills to reform how regulations are developed, analyzed, and reviewed. The GW Regulatory Studies Center tracks and classifies these bills based on information provided by the Library of Congress. The legislation is selected if it concerns improvements to...
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- West, Cassidy B.
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- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- Each summer Washington DC is taken over by interns, the majority of whom are unpaid students looking to gain valuable experience on Capitol Hill, a Federal Agency, or one of the many nonprofits and businesses in the area. Some are willing to forgo payment for their work and often go into debt to...
- Author:
- Bankey, Erin
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- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- A new issue paper from the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST), released Monday, finds that while the “precautionary principle” (PP) “has superficial appeal on initial impression, …when put to the test [it] actually lacks the substance and content necessary to guide realistic...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan
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- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- Regulations are a powerful tool for achieving policy goals and the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Agenda) has for years served as the public’s first notice of the federal government’s planned regulatory activities. Rules issued by agencies such as the...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- Soon after taking office, President Obama sent a memorandum to the heads of Executive Departments and Agencies requesting their recommendations on whether and how to change President Clinton’s Executive Order No. 12866 “Regulatory Planning and Review.” Clinton’s Executive Order established...
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- Mannix, Brian
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- 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:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- 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:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- The federal government issued its Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions on December 20, 2010. Though likely unnoticed by most Americans busy with holiday preparations, these documents offer insights into the number and range of regulatory activities we...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- In a recent meeting, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee reviewed legislation purported to improve oversight of regulatory agencies, a task delegated to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), a little known—yet industrious—group within the Office of...
- Author:
- Drat, Collin
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- In a recent study (forthcoming in the journal Public Choice), Bentley Coffey, Bob Tollison, and I found a robust, positive correlation between the federal government’s regulatory activity and the performance of the capital’s National Football League team, the Washington Redskins. Why would any...
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- McLaughlin, Patrick A.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- 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:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform held hearings this week on the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA). Congress enacted UMRA to “curb the practice of imposing unfunded Federal...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- Unfunded federal regulatory mandates on state, local, and tribal governments continue to present a fiscal challenge to those governments. Congress is considering several proposed amendments to the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, or UMRA, to hold federal agencies more accountable for the costs they...
- Author:
- Mannix, Brian F.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- Many states have revolving door regulations that restrict the private sector employment of former public sector employees. These regulations are often applied to government workers responsible for regulating industries such as utilities. The purpose of these regulations is to prevent government...
- Author:
- Sinclair, Tara M. and Law, Marc T.
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- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- Should federal regulatory benefit-cost analysis (BCA) include benefits realized by residents of other nations? When it comes to valuing the effects of climate change, the federal government has recently decided that it should. A May 2013 technical update of an interagency working group...
- Author:
- Sutter, Dan
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- 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:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- Recent commentary on our Regulatory Studies Center Working Paper, “Regulation, Jobs, and Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis” made the valid point that inclusion of a time trend in our estimates would improve the robustness of our model. Thus in this commentary, we update our preferred model...
- Author:
- Vesey, Kathryn H. and Sinclair, Tara M.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- 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:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- The Advisory Committee on Transparency (a project of the Sunlight Foundation that advises the Congressional Transparency Caucus) will hold a panel discussion on August 20th on the role of OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. In particular, panelists (including me) are asked to...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- Regulatory policy should protect public health, safety and welfare while also not impeding innovation and competition in the private sector. The Obama Administration took a noteworthy step in this direction on Thursday, May 26, 2011, when it released the preliminary findings of a government-wide...
- Author:
- Vesey, Kathryn
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- Description:
- Federal agencies are increasingly turning to the Internet when conducting rulemaking. Regulations.gov, which originated as a central forum for agencies to post regulatory dockets and receive public comments, has offered expanding capabilities over its 10-year history. Nevertheless, according to a...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- 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...
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- West, Cassidy B. and Miller, Sofie E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- The Obama Administration published a notice in the Federal Register today seeking comment on its approach to estimating the social cost of carbon (SCC) for use in regulatory impact analysis. The premise of the SCC, and public policies aimed at reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, is that the...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- Should government regulators think through the likely effects of proposed regulations to see whether they’ll do more good than harm? Every president for over 30 years has thought so, and required executive branch agencies to analyze regulatory impacts before imposing new requirements, and to...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- Over the last thirty years, most legislative and executive branch efforts at regulatory reform havefocused on analyzing and improving new regulations, and agencies seldom look back to evaluate whether existing regulations are having their intended effects. Section 610 of the Regulatory...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- 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:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- Small businesses are key to getting our economy back on track, but they bear the brunt of the increasing cost of regulation. Legislators seem to recognize as much and have introduced several bills requiring a better understanding of the effects of regulation on small businesses. Just last week...
- Author:
- Sykes, Jay
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- On June 26, 2013, the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee held a hearing on “Reducing Unnecessary and Costly Red Tape through Smarter Regulations.” The bipartisan Committee is evenly divided among members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, with an equal number of...
- Author:
- Pino, Tatiana
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- There has been much heated debate in Washington lately over the effect that regulations have on the US economy. A recent Gallup survey found that “Small-business owners in the United States are most likely to say complying with government regulations (22%) is the most important problem facing...
- Author:
- Vesey, Kathryn H. and Sinclair, Tara M.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- What is the nature of congressional oversight of executive branch decision making? Do members of Congress oversee the work of federal agencies on a routine, ongoing basis? Or, alternatively, is congressional attention to the bureaucracy driven by disasters and other highprofile events? Arriving...
- Author:
- Balla, Steve
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- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- 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:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- Description:
- The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center has identified retrospective review of regulations, particularly those aimed at reducing health, safety, and environmental risk, as a key research priority. As President Obama observed, “during challenging economic times …it is...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- Description:
- Executive branch agencies are required by Executive Order and statute to measure the impact of regulations, using both ex ante and ex post analyses. Agencies conduct analyses that seek to quantify regulations’ costs and benefits, economic impact, and distributional effects, along with whether the...
- Author:
- West, Cassidy
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- This week, the Administrative Conference of the United States will hold its second plenary session since it reconvened in March 2010. It will be the 54th plenary session of the Conference, an independent federal agency first established by Congress in 1968. Its membership includes both ―federal...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- Description:
- Each year we examine the Budget of the United States Government to identify the resources and personnel devoted to developing and enforcing federal regulations that affect private behavior. This year’s report, Growth in Regulators’ Budget Slowed by Fiscal Stalemate, presents annual budget...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan and Warren, Melinda
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- Description:
- After working for nearly 2 years, the Administrative Conference of the United States is nearing completion of a set of recommendations aimed at improving the use of science in the administrative process. The ACUS Committee on Regulation met last week to discuss draft recommendations informed by...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- Without reliable measures of regulatory activity, attempts to understand regulations’ effect on the economy will be hindered, so the lack of correlation between the variables currently being used in the economic literature is troubling. The fact that none of them are closely correlated perhaps...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E. and Pack, Terry
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- Description:
- The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) turned 30 this year. As we prepare to host a one-day conference in honor of this milestone, featuring former administrators, senior career staff, and other regulatory experts, we pause to reflect on the history and importance of this...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- 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:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- Though regulations are one of the most important tools available to the Executive Branch for achieving policy goals, they rarely reach the attention of the President because their effects (largely off-budget) are often not visible. That’s what makes President Obama’s January 18 Wall Street...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- Description:
- In a public comment filed on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) proposed standards for occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica, Professor Andrew Morriss and I recognize that OSHA faces multiple challenges in devising a regulatory approach that will meet...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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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:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- On June 13 and 14, 2013, the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) will meet for its 58th Plenary Session. ACUS is an independent federal agency dedicated to improving the administrative process through “consensus-driven applied research, providing nonpartisan expert advice and...
- Author:
- West, Cassidy
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- Description:
- On January 18, 2011, in Executive Order 13563, the President directed each agency to review its “existing significant regulations, and consider how best to promote retrospective analysis of rules that may be outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively burdensome, and to modify,...
- Author:
- Pino, Tatiana
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- Description:
- Although regulations affect every aspect of our lives, they rarely reach the attention of voters (and consequently of elected officials) because, unlike their spending cousins, their effects are often not visible. Like the direct government spending that is supported by taxes, regulations are...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
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- Commentary
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- Description:
- In 1977, as a second year student in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, I lived that nightmare of showing up for a final exam only to discover that something has gone inexplicably and horribly wrong. My professor was the political scientist James Q. Wilson, who died last Friday....
- Author:
- Mannix, Brian F.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- 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:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- Description:
- The role of regulation in the economy is getting a lot of attention this election year, with warnings of a regulatory tsunami if President Obama is reelected or deregulation if Governor Romney wins. Government data on regulatory trends can help cut through the rhetoric and offer interesting...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- 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:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- Description:
- The 113th Congress is considering various bills that would reform the way regulations are developed, analyzed, and reviewed. The GW Regulatory Studies Center has tracked and classified these bills since the beginning of the 113th Congress and will continue tracking and updating the information...
- Author:
- West, Cassidy B.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- Description:
- Risk assessment plays an important role in developing effective regulations, especially in the areas of health and environmental policy. A recent workshop at the George Washington University explored best practices for Enhancing Science and Policy for Chemical Risk Assessments. This summary...
- Author:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- 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:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- Description:
- The recent run up to the fiscal cliff and the looming sequester offer evidence that Washington politicians never want a serious crisis to go to waste, because crises provide opportunities to do things they otherwise couldn’t achieve. This “crisis rule” also serves as a useful accessory to a...
- Author:
- Yandle, Bruce
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- Description:
- Federal regulation in the United States is at least nominally a collaborative project between the regulatory agencies and the public. The Administrative Procedure Act of 1946 and Presidential Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 require agencies to accept public comments on proposed rules and address...
- Author:
- Schwab, Jonathan
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- Description:
- On January 14th, the Environmental Protection Agency published a final rule in the Federal Register updating the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM). The rule reduces allowable annual concentrations of fine particles (PM2.5) by 20 percent, from 15.0...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- Description:
- The House Committee on Energy and Commerce last week issued the first in a series of white papers examining the renewable fuel standard (RFS) that was created by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and greatly expanded under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. This bipartisan review is...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- Description:
- Regulatory agencies’ budgets grew faster than inflation in 2012 and 2013, despite concerns about the sequester, and would continue to grow under President Obama’s proposed budget for 2014. Financial regulatory agencies, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Consumer Financial...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan and Warren, Melinda
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- Description:
- The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law held hearings Monday on the Administrative Procedure Act, which will turn 65 in June. The most striking aspect of the hearing was that all witnesses agreed on the need for amendments to the Act to align the...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- Description:
- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s new proposed regulation to reduce workplace exposure to crystalline silica has been almost 40 years in the making. Also called silicon dioxide (or, more commonly, quartz), crystalline silica occurs abundantly in sand, soil, and rock. OSHA first...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- 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:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- Description:
- During debate leading to passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Affordable Care Act” - ACA), President Obama stated: “we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health care plan,...
- Author:
- King, Don
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Commentaries, Regulation, and Public policy
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Commentary
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- Description:
- Prepared Statement of Susan E. Dudley, The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, Response to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's Letter Requesting Input on its Regulatory Improvement Effort on May 4, 2015.
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Regulation, Public policy, Testimony, and Testimonies
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Other
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- Description:
- Prepared Statement of Sofie E. Miller & Jacob Yarborough, The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, Hearing on Safety Standard Addressing Blade-Contact Injuries on Table Saws Before the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission on August 9, 2017.
- Author:
- Miller, Sofie E. and Yarborough, Jacob
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Regulation, Public policy, Testimony, and Testimonies
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Other
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- Description:
- Prepared Statement of Richard J. Pierce, Jr., The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center Hearing, on an Introduction to a Regulatory Budget before the House Committee on the Budget July 7, 2016.
- Author:
- Pierce, Richard J. Jr.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Regulation, Public policy, Testimony, and Testimonies
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Other
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- Description:
- Prepared Statement of Susan E. Dudley, The George Washington Regulatory Studies Center, Hearing on Accounting for the True Cost of Regulation: Exploring the Possibility of a Regulatory Budget before the United States Senate Committee on the Budget and Committee on Homeland Security and...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Regulation, Public policy, Testimony, and Testimonies
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Other
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- Description:
- Prepared Statement by Sofie E. Miller, Senior Policy Analyst, The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, Hearing on Oversight of the Renewable Fuel Standard before the Environment and Public Works Committee on February 24, 2016.
- Author:
- Miller, Sofie E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Regulation, Public policy, Testimony, and Testimonies
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Other
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- Description:
- Prepared Statement of Susan E. Dudley, The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, Hearing on Agency Use of Science in the Rulemaking Process: Proposals for Improving Transparency and Accountability for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Regulatory...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Regulation, Public policy, Testimony, and Testimonies
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Other
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- Description:
- Prepared Statement of Susan E. Dudley, The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center. Hearing on Examining Practical Solutions to Improve the Federal Regulatory Process before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management Roundtable Discussion,...
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Regulation, Public policy, Testimony, and Testimonies
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Other
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- Description:
- Prepared Statement of Sofie E. Miller, The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, Hearing on Home Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards under the Department of Energy–Stakeholder Perspectives before the United States Senate June 10, 2016.
- Author:
- Miller, Sofie E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Regulation, Public policy, Testimony, and Testimonies
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Other
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- Description:
- Prepared Statement of Sofie E. Miller & Daniel R. Pérez, The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, Hearing on Examining How Small Businesses Confront and Shape Regulations Before the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee United States Senate on March 29, 2017.
- Author:
- Pérez, Daniel R. and Miller, Sofie E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Regulation, Public policy, Testimony, and Testimonies
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Other
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- Description:
- Prepared Statement of Susan E. Dudley, The George Washington Regulatory Studies Center, Hearing on A Review of Regulatory Reform Proposals before the United States Senate Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee on September 16, 2015.
- Author:
- Dudley, Susan E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Regulation, Public policy, Testimony, and Testimonies
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Other
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- Description:
- Prepared Statement of Sofie E. Miller, Senior Policy Analyst, The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, Hearing on The Federal Government on Autopilot: Delegation of Regulatory Authority to an Unaccountable Bureaucracy before the United States House of Representatives Judiciary...
- Author:
- Miller, Sofie E.
- Keyword:
- Federal government, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Regulation, Public policy, Testimony, and Testimonies
- GW Unit:
- Regulatory Studies Center
- Resource Type:
- Other