Agencies Release Updates on Regulatory Look-backs
On Jan. 30, the White House announced that 25 federal agencies had released reports on their progress in carrying out retrospective rule reviews, part of the Obama administration's regulatory reform...
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Worker Safety Rule Under Review at OIRA for Over a Year: A Tale of Rulemaking...
This year, Feb. 14 signified more than a Valentine’s Day celebration for worker safety advocates. Last Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of the regulatory review of a proposed rule issued by the...
View ArticleA Bad Idea Inside and Out: Dissecting a British Regulatory Scheme in the...
As myriad proposals for reforming the American regulatory system churn through Congress, at least one senator has chosen to look across the Atlantic for inspiration. Unfortunately, the British "one in,...
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The Regulatory Freeze Act: Legislation to Make the World More Dangerous and...
The so-called Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act, reported out of the House Judiciary Committee earlier today, is the clearest example yet of just how broken the national debate on public protections has...
View ArticleDoing Little, Changing Everything: EPA's Carbon Pollution Standard for New...
Nearly five years after the U.S. Supreme Court directed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine whether carbon dioxide should be regulated as a "pollutant" under the Clean Air Act,...
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Spotlighting the Federal Election Commission's Efforts to Keep Political...
"[P]rompt disclosure of expenditures can provide shareholders and citizens with the information needed to hold corporations and elected officials accountable for their positions and supporters," the...
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Worker-Killing Regulatory Delays
April 28 marked Workers’ Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor and remember workers who have been killed on the job. The majority of these deaths are the result of inadequate health and safety...
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Big Business Suing to Stop Notices Informing Workers of Their Right to Organize
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other industry representatives are blocking a new rule that would better inform workers of their legal rights. The rule, issued by the National Labor Relations Board...
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Searching for a Regulatory "Tsunami" in Calm Seas
Has the Obama administration unleashed a regulatory "tsunami" as House and Senate Republicans charge? Has this administration issued more significant final rules than past administrations? Contrary to...
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Vote Imminent on House Bill that Would Shut Down Safeguards
The House will vote later this week on the misleadingly titled "Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act." The bill is a brazen attempt to shut down the system of public safeguards that...
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Sponsors of the Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act Try to Slip Bill...
The Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act (S. 3468), introduced on Aug. 1 by Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Rob Portman (R-OH), and Susan Collins (R-ME), may appear to be just another item in the...
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Highlighting the Benefits in Cost-Benefit Analysis: A New OMB Watch Series...
Over the past several years, the conversation about regulatory protections that safeguard the environment, worker safety, and the health and welfare of American families has focused almost exclusively...
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New Report Examines the Regulatory Tsunami That Wasn't
PRESS RELEASE-For Immediate Release- September 27, 2012Contact: Brian Gumm, (202) 683-4812, bgumm@ombwatch.orgNew Report Examines the Regulatory Tsunami That Wasn'tWASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2012—Business...
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Underestimating the Benefits of Public Protections
In a September article, OMB Watch highlighted how difficult it is for everyday Americans to find information on the benefits of the standards and safeguards that protect and improve our quality of...
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Anti-Regulatory Bill Would Limit the SEC's Ability to Protect Investors
A pending anti-regulatory bill that targets independent regulatory agencies would significantly curtail the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) ability to protect investors from financial fraud...
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The Obama Administration's Regulatory Agenda: Many Overdue Rules Need to Be...
Each year, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is supposed to publish two agendas of planned rules and at least one regulatory plan summarizing economically significant rulemakings likely to move...
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Small Businesses, Public Health, and Scientific Integrity: Whose Interests...
See what the American Sustainable Business Council has to say about this report!Read the full text of Small Businesses, Public Health, and Scientific Integrity: Whose Interests Does the Office of...
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Disclosure at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs: Written...
In 1981, President Reagan signed an executive order charging the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) with reviewing all economically significant rules and rejecting those that did not...
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Anti-Regulatory Forces Target Agency Science to Undermine Health and Safety...
As committees of the 113th Congress begin to implement their agendas, it is increasingly apparent that environmental and health standards, and the science serving as the basis for these protections,...
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Former Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator Paints...
Cass Sunstein, former Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) Administrator, recently penned an article, "OIRA: Myths and Realities," which purports to explain what OIRA really does when it...
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