Process

New digital technologies promise improvements in government services but raise questions, too.

No rubric exists to decide how to navigate the use of automation in the administrative state, but society can make informed choices.

A federal court ruling revives questions about the insulation of independent agencies.

Economist argues that energy-efficiency regulations are riddled with problems and espouses their elimination.

Citizens and their leaders must strive to work together to solve problems and improve social and economic conditions.

From expanding the electorate to adopting online voter registration, states and localities are engaged in democracy-enhancing efforts.

Most agencies enjoy authority to aggregate cases and would benefit from doing so, but very few actually do.

Public Citizen and the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards convened panels of regulatory experts.

Experts argue that the number and cost of regulations sharply rose in 2015—at a rate that has held steady in 2016.

Experts argue that Donald Trump’s focus on jobs and worker impacts instead of the application of the net social benefits test is imprudent.

Important policy revelations emerged during Sunday night’s heated debate.

Penn Law students met with experts in Washington to discuss proposals for reforming the regulatory process.