On September 15, President Obama issued an Executive Order regarding the use of behavioral sciences insights within the design of federal policies and programs. All executive departments and agencies are encouraged to exploit behavioral…
Six bipartisan bills on the regulatory system are pending in the US Parliament. Three of the bills (S. 708, S. 1683, S. 1817) focus on evaluating the effects of existing regulations and modifying them as…
Consistent Inconsistencies: Misclassification of Rules Could Hamper International Regulatory Cooperation, by Daniel R. Pérez. Original source: Regulatory Studies Center, George Washington University International regulatory cooperation is a central component of current U.S. efforts to negotiate international trade…
Research note by Simon F. Haeder When Americans think about lobbying, they usually think about legislative lobbying. Take, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), for instance. According the Center for Responsive Politics, the ACA was one of…
Regulatory Pay as you Go: Lessons from Other Countries, by Ana Maria Zarate Moreno. Original source: Regulatory Studies Center Reducing the regulatory burden borne by businesses and citizens is a central objective of governments all over…
The Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law at the House of Representative (Subcommittee 1) and the Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management at the Senate (Subcommittee 2) held a hearing on 15…
Can Fiscal Budget Concepts Improve Regulation?, by Susan E. Dudley. Original source: Regulatory Studies Center ABSTRACT Despite efforts to ensure that new regulations provide net benefits to citizens, the accumulation of regulations threatens economic growth and…
The Regulatory Right-to-Know Act calls for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to submit to the US Congress each year “an accounting statement and associated report” including: (A) an estimate of the total annual…
By Saayee Arumugam, Summer Fellow. Original source: Regulatory Studies Center On June 23, 2015, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs and Committee on the Budget held a joint hearing to explore the…
Federal regulatory agencies in the US have been required to produce a regulatory impact analysis (RIA) for major regulations since the early 1980s. The analysis should include an estimate of the expected benefits and costs…