A Politically and Technically Feasible Approach for Handling Regulatory Accumulation
A new institutional design is required to deal with retrospective review of regulations.
Congressional Action Needed to Deal with Regulatory Accumulation
The SCRUB Act would help correct regulatory accumulation – but the bill could be improved.
It’s Past Time to Address Regulatory Duplication
The SCRUB Act would help eliminate duplicative rules through retrospective review.
Regulatory Transparency Should be a Two-Way Street
OSHA deserves praise for asking commenters submitting scientific information to disclose their funding sources.
More Whistleblowers Help Regulators Detect Misconduct
Financial regulators in the U.S. and U.K. receive a growing number of alerts from whistleblowers.
The False Dichotomy of Agency Independence
Different agency design choices result in a continuum of independence.
How Should We Judge Agencies’ Decisions “Not to Decide?”
Working paper says agencies have broad, but cabined, discretion to delay and defer.
Obama’s Regulatory Chief Speaks at Penn Law
At PPR seminar, OIRA Administrator Howard Shelanski discusses his office’s role.
Analyzing the Job Impacts of Regulation
Wharton School panel discussion assesses new book on how regulations affect employment.
Supreme Court to Hear FTC Challenge to Licensing Board
Dispute over teeth-whitening regulations may expand federal antitrust authority over states.
Primary Season Poses Special Challenges for PAC Spending Reporting
FEC proposes three alternative draft rules for the transparency of multi-state primary expenditures.
Regulation and Democracy
How the resurgence of progressivism will produce improved regulatory outcomes.