Regulatory Transparency

Transparency and Privacy in Public Rulemaking Dockets

Transparency and Privacy in Public Rulemaking Dockets

A new ACUS recommendation seeks to balance transparency with privacy when agencies disclose rulemaking comments.

The Next Wave of Disability Law

The Next Wave of Disability Law

The future of disability antidiscrimination efforts should account for pervasive and normative biases.

Why Brazil’s COVID-19 Response Is Failing

Why Brazil’s COVID-19 Response Is Failing

In Brazil, a political crisis rages between federal and state governments as coronavirus cases keep rising.

OIRA Reinvigorated

OIRA Reinvigorated

Over the last two years, OIRA has made many positive contributions to the administrative state.

Restoring Science and Economics to EPA’s Benefit Calculation

Restoring Science and Economics to EPA’s Benefit Calculation

EPA’s proposed transparency rules would make the agency’s analyses more scientifically rigorous.

The Changing Meaning of Transparency

The Changing Meaning of Transparency

Scholar argues that despite progressive roots, U.S. transparency laws have taken an anti-government focus.

A Real, Not Faux, Transparency Proposal for Regulatory Science

A Real, Not Faux, Transparency Proposal for Regulatory Science

A real EPA transparency rule should be grounded in scientific practices, not constituency interests.

Science and Democratic Policy in a Data-Driven World

Science and Democratic Policy in a Data-Driven World

Public access to data behind regulations should not be a political question.

Deconstructing Regulatory Science

Deconstructing Regulatory Science

Proposed limits to EPA’s consideration of scientific data threaten timely, sound policymaking.

Science, Transparency, and Environmental Policy

Science, Transparency, and Environmental Policy

Scholars and regulatory commentators debate the significance of EPA’s recently proposed “transparency” rule.

Preventing Regulatory Capture

Preventing Regulatory Capture

When a regulation’s benefits exceed its costs, simplicity and interdisciplinary processes are essential to reducing capture.

Sue-and-Settle Bill Threatens a Delicate Equilibrium

Sue-and-Settle Bill Threatens a Delicate Equilibrium

Deadline suits may offer key opportunity to even the playing field in regulatory agenda-setting.