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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.
Agency Learning Agendas and Regulatory Research
As federal agencies scramble to respond to COVID-19, there’s another initiative rolling forward that you probably haven’t heard of, one that was built by data wonks and will influence regulation in ways we’re just now beginning to understand. As part of a new legal requirement, agencies are writing learning agendas to organize the way they approach research, including regulatory research.
Using Public Comments to Identify Regulations for Retrospective Review
The difficulty of identifying which regulations to evaluate from the existing stock persists as a barrier to agencies in their efforts to implement retrospective review.
EPA Proposes to Accelerate Its Permit Appeal Process
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed a rule to streamline the process for appealing a permit to the agency’s Environmental Appeals Board.