At 50 years old, the EPA is the focus of some bitter controversies, but the nature of its mission should be something that unites more than it divides us.
Commentaries & Insights
Our Commentaries and Insights are short-form publications intended to distill long-form research and synthesize current policymaking activity into easily understood concepts.
Regulations Teed Up at the DEA
Several of the regulations teed up at the Drug Enforcement Administration are long-awaited actions that seek to address the ongoing opioid epidemic.
GSA unveiled a beta version of Regulations.gov, including a new API with a feature that allows users to submit comments on federal rulemakings through an API.
Unintended Consequences of GDPR
Recent studies explore the reasons for troubling and unintended consequence of GDPR on competition and market concentration.
Mass, Computer-Generated, and Fraudulent Comments
The Administrative Conference of the United States requested proposals for a new project on “Mass, Computer-Generated, and Fraudulent Comments."
Analyzing Agency Budgets for Regulatory Spending
This Regulatory Insight analyzes four Trump administration budget proposals to identify notable recurring trends in regulatory spending. Budget data indicate that spending on homeland security regulation has risen, while outlays for environment and energy regulation have fallen. Comparing the president’s budget proposals with actual outlays suggests where the administration has been largely successful in accomplishing its political goals and where Congress has hindered those goals.
The public comment process offers a way to place evidence in an agency’s record that it might not otherwise consider, such as race-related effects.
OMB's original guidance on discounting from 1988 can help to resolve many misunderstandings about discounting that have developed since then.