Regulatory Policy

Randomized policy research should be pre-registered to reduce the chance of false positive results.

A centralized platform for rigorous policy pilots would encourage collaboration between agencies and academia.

Policymakers should take steps to ensure successful pilots can be scaled up effectively.

Scholars examine the benefits, challenges, and best practices of evidence-based policymaking.

A new ACUS recommendation on interpretive rules largely aligns with a prior one on policy statements.

Scholars analyze ACUS recommendations addressing public access to guidance, ALJ hiring procedures, and interpretive rules.

A recent dispute illustrates how policymakers often miss crucial insights about structuring government.

Scholar argues that shaming is an effective tool against violators of regulations.

Attempts at regulating machines with human-like intelligence should be of pressing concern.

Maryland’s global budgeting scheme for hospitals may be a model for controlling rising health care prices.

New eligibility requirements for Medicaid threaten those who need coverage the most.

The permissive drug approval process enabled by the 21st Century Cures Act may cause public health problems.