The George Washington University hosted the 7th Annual Conference and Meeting of the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis (March 19-20 2015 st the GWU Marvin Center). SBCA is an international group of practitioners, academics and others…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requesting public input on the agency’s periodic retrospective review of its regulations. Executive Order 13563, “Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,” and Executive Order 13610, “Identifying and Reducing Regulatory Burdens,” call on all…
For more than 35 years, federal regulatory agencies have been required to notify the public about their upcoming rules in the United States to ensure the transparency of the rulemaking process. The Regulatory Flexibility Act…
The Joint Committee (JC) of the ESAs, the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA), launched on 06 March 2015 a public consultation on draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS), which defines the quality steps…
During 2014, the Impact Assessment Board examined 25 draft IA reports and issued 35 opinions (25 on first submissions and 10 on re-submitted drafts). Even though there was a decrease in the number of impact…
On February 25, 2015, the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearings on “21st-Century Regulatory System”. Four witnesses were audited: Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President of the American Action Forum; Jerry…
Despite what is generally believed, innovation in the public sector happens. Traditional approaches to address public policy challenges may not face new problems, such as climate change or population aging, properly. Therefore, innovative approaches are…
Susan E. Dudley and Kai Wegrich (2015). Achieving Regulatory Policy Objectives: An Overview and Comparison of U.S. and EU Procedures. Working paper, The George Washington University Regulatory policies and practices that are not excessively burdensome…
On February 5th, the AEEGSI, the Italian Regulatory Authority for Electricity Gas and Water, has published Monitoraggio retail. Rapporto annuale 2012 e 2013, its first annual report on the energy and gas retail. The report…
At the start of the current mandate, the UK Government set a target of being the first government in modern history to end a parliamentary term with the burden of regulation being lower than at…