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.


Tracking Regulatory Activity through Trends in Federal Budgets

Comparing Regulators' Budget reports provides a way to analyze administrations' regulatory priorities and assess the extent to which they are realized.

Are Agencies Responsive To Mass Comment Campaigns?

In this age of clicktivism, federal agencies sometimes receive a large number of public comments during rulemaking. High-profile rules such as greenhouse gas emissions and Restoring Internet Freedom garnered millions of public comments. Advocacy organizations orchestrate campaigns to encourage politically conscious citizens to send letters in favor or against proposed regulations.

An OIRA Rule on Rules

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10 Years of Going Back to School

The Fall 2019 semester marks an important milestone for the Regulatory Studies Center.

OIRA Wants You…To Schedule Meetings Online

People who wish to meet with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) to discuss a draft regulation may now request to do so online. OIRA has recently moved to an online, automated meeting request process.