EPA

What can the efforts of a single former OIRA official teach about making broad institutional changes?

Proposed legislation could give industry intervenors excessive influence in rulemaking.

Republican Senators focus on the EPA’s openness.

Obama signs executive order to share government information, Republicans block EPA nominee, and more.

Republicans introduce bill limiting settlements of regulatory lawsuits.

Court vacates EPA letters to Senator, holding they amounted to new regulations.

Former EPA official questions review process during transition to new “regulatory czar” at OIRA.

Court concludes EPA reasonably interpreted its regulations governing logging road runoff

Agency needs “wake-up call” on chemical hazards, says PPR’s Adam Finkel.

FTC cracks down on cell phone cramming, gun control bill hits wall in Senate, and more.

The proposed budget identifies the administration’s regulatory priorities.

Both critics and defenders overstate true role of cost-benefit analysis in rulemaking