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Report Highlights Difficulties with Regulating Federal Grants

Report Highlights Difficulties with Regulating Federal Grants

GAO identifies oversight challenges in administering federal grants to state and local governments.

House Strikes Back Against Obama’s “War on Coal”

House Strikes Back Against Obama’s “War on Coal”

Republicans pass bill that would restrict federal regulation.

Trickle-down Regulatory Impact Analysis

Trickle-down Regulatory Impact Analysis

Does the president’s political party lead to better or worse RIAs?

Failing at  Failure: An Institutional Analysis of Dodd-Frank’s Orderly Liquidation Authority

Failing at Failure: An Institutional Analysis of Dodd-Frank’s Orderly Liquidation Authority

OLA applies an ill-fitting model to financial distress resolution and produces troubling participatory effects.

Why Do Drivers Speed?

Why Do Drivers Speed?

NHTSA study shows that no single countermeasure can combat motivations for speeding.

Regulating at Midnight

Regulating at Midnight

Are regulatory analyses worse when rules are issued in the closing days of an outgoing administration?

The “α-Precautionary Principle”: Weighing Optimism against Pessimism

The “α-Precautionary Principle”: Weighing Optimism against Pessimism

Law professor proposes a new tool to analyze potentially catastrophic uncertainties.

Improving How Agencies Collect Information

Improving How Agencies Collect Information

My recent ACUS report presents three conclusions to frame proposed improvements.

Can the White House Trim U.S. Paperwork?

Can the White House Trim U.S. Paperwork?

OIRA memo is admirable but bolder action by Congress may be needed.

California Adopts “Homeowners Bill of Rights” to Combat Foreclosures

California Adopts “Homeowners Bill of Rights” to Combat Foreclosures

The Golden State joins other jurisdictions in adopting reforms to lower foreclosure rates.

Is Flexible Regulation an Oxymoron?

Is Flexible Regulation an Oxymoron?

Regulatory flexibility makes sense only when comparing rules’ stringency, structure, specificity, and scope.

Appeals Court Decision Favors EPA’s Climate  Change Rules

Appeals Court Decision Favors EPA’s Climate Change Rules

Three-judge panel affirms EPA’s decisions in regulating greenhouse gases.