Balancing Medical Privacy and Public Safety
HHS letter clarifies HIPAA’s Privacy Rule and may have the potential to reduce gun violence.
EPA’s Ozone Standard Is Insufficiently Stringent, Not Overly Expensive
A lower ozone standard means more benefits for Americans.
Public Access to the Law Must Be Taken More Seriously
The Office of the Federal Register has missed an opportunity to ensure meaningful public access to over 9,000 government regulations.
New Rules on Incorporated Standards Encourage Necessary Public-Private Collaboration
Incremental steps balancing open government with private copyright strike the right chord.
We Decline to Define ‘Reasonably Available’
The new amendment to incorporation by reference rules leaves important issues unaddressed.
FERC Demand Response Resource Order May Be Heading to the Supreme Court
An invalidated agency order aimed at updating the power industry is seeking new life.
Testing is Destroying the Common Core
The marriage between the Common Core and testing should be annulled.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Common Core
When debating Common Core, activists lose sight of students far too often.
The Common Core is Passable in Theory but Problematic in Reality
The way the Common Core has been implemented undermines the value that could come from robust educational standards.
Stay the Course, or Turn the Page?
Common Core’s dual, social and technocratic, nature creates hurdles for political reform.
The Common Core is a Remedy Worse than the Disease
It is time to dump the Common Core and its counterproductive high-stakes testing.