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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.
GSA Moving to Deal with Mass and Fake Comments
On January 30, the General Services Administration (GSA) hosted a public meeting on mass and fake comments.
Epistemic Lessons from Economic Regulatory Reform
There are three related epistemic lessons from this major wave of regulatory reforms that relate to the role of knowledge in the policymaking process.
A wide range of areas—including administrative procedures, environment and energy, nutrition benefits, immigration, and healthcare—experienced important regulatory developments during the past year.
Better Economic Analysis Can Reduce Regulators’ Litigation Risks
Recent research sheds light on the relationship between the quality of an agency’s economic analysis and the risk that a regulation will be overturned in court.
OIRA’s Regulatory Reform Report for Fiscal Year 2019
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) released its annual Regulatory Reform Status Report on December 6, 2019. The report, which in the past has been published along with the Fall Unified Agenda, compiles executive branch agencies’ continued efforts to comply with Executive Order 13771.