Opinion

OIRA’s external meetings play an important role in rulemaking.

The regulatory review process engages a wide range of actors.

Former administrator offers an overview of OIRA’s internal processes.

“The role of OIRA is emphatically one of procedural safeguards.”

State governments still have great power to negotiate favorable outcomes.

A paperwork budget could gain bipartisan support.

Changes should be made to better reflect underlying scientific models.

Effective evaluation helps to guard against regulatory capture.

New dataset explores relationship between state and federal child restraint laws.

Better tools are needed to evaluate regulatory effectiveness.

House bills would roll back rather than advance progress on water quality.

A viable conservative approach to environmental policy must be rooted in science.