State of the Union and Responses Highlight Key Differences Over Regulation
President Obama and Republican leaders debate health care, environmental regulation, and other regulatory issues.
New Executive Order Promotes Public Participation
Obama’s recent order makes promising strides toward improving participation in agency rulemaking.
Bipartisan E-Rulemaking Act of 2010 Introduced to Enhance Transparency
Senators aim to require the government to put information concerning regulation on the Internet.
PPR Co-Sponsors Wharton Workshop on Third Party Auditing
Special event features robust discussion on how to ensure safety with limited regulatory funds.
Fall 2010 Recap: Risk Regulation Seminar Series
Penn Program on Regulation features number of experts who discuss risk in a number of regulatory contexts.
E-Government and Inequality in Public Participation
The Internet has not made the government more democratic, at least not yet.
Penn Program on Regulation Welcomes New Regulation Fellow
New PPR fellow brings public policy expertise to the University of Pennsylvania.
Another Regulatory Milestone as the Federal Register Act Turns 75
The Regulatory Review recognizes the contributions of the federal government’s “daily newspaper.”
Elena Kagan and the Regulatory State
Elena Kagan’s appointment underscores an important shift in American law toward legislation and regulatory law.
Report Finds FOIA Implemention Under Obama is “Almost as Mixed” as Under Bush
Report indicates that governmental transparency gains may not be as large as promised by the President.
Transparency and the Obama Administration’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
The government may need to rely on secrecy, not transparency, to overcome the national deficit problem.