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President Trump's State of the Union claim on Regulation: The 2017 Data are In

The administration is reducing regulatory actions, but to what extent?

International Regulatory Indexes at a Glance

Deregulation remains a significant part of President Trump’s agenda and some credit his deregulatory promises with improving economic indicators.

2017 Regulatory Year in Review

This Regulatory Insight highlights ten important regulatory and deregulatory themes that garnered attention—and changed the regulatory landscape—in 2017. Regulatory policy was a focal point of 2017, and notable executive orders, rulemaking, and legislation all contributed to this theme.

Fall Unified Agenda outlines Progress of "Two-for-One" Reforms

In addition to the Unified Agenda, OIRA released a status report on implementation of President Trump’s two-for-one regulatory requirement.

Leave Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication to Innovators, Not Regulators

Nixing a plan to mandate vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology in new vehicles may be the right call for technological progress and innovation.

Policy Shock: Recalibrating Risk and Regulation after Oil Spills, Nuclear Accidents and Financial Crises

Policy Shock examines how policy-makers in industrialized democracies respond to major crises. After the immediate challenges of disaster management, crises often reveal new evidence or frame new normative perspectives that drive reforms designed to prevent future events of a similar magnitude.