GW RSC scholars and their research are frequently cited in news reports and op-eds. See our latest media mentions and articles below.

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In the News

April 7, 2016: Wall Street Journal: Obama Readies Flurry of Regulations, citing the GW Regulatory Studies Center

April 6, 2016: Forbes Opinion: Excessive, Wrong-Headed Regulation Of 'GMOs' Stifles Innovation And Slows Economic Growth, citing Susan Dudley and Daniel Pérez

March 28, 2016: The Hill: Salmon face upstream battle in Congress, by Daniel Pérez

March 24, 2016: Forbes Opinion: Senators Show Bipartisan Support For Evidence-Based Regulation, by Susan Dudley

March 21, 2016: GW Today: Senators: Put Politics Aside in Reforming America’s Regulatory System, by Sydney Allen

March 17, 2016: Bloomberg BNA: Next President Likely to Stop New Regulations, quoting Susan Dudley

March 10, 2016: Wall Street Journal: Roll-Back of Federal Regulations Isn’t Easy, citing Susan Dudley

March 9, 2016: Washington Free Beacon: How Bureaucrats and Conspiracy Theorists Are Holding Up Efforts to Combat Zika Virus, quoting Daniel Pérez

March 7, 2016: Bloomberg Business: Brokers and Big Oil Fight Obama Rush to Make Rules by May Cutoff, quoting Susan Dudley

February 23, 2016: Forbes Opinion, End Game: Time Is Running Out On President Obama's Regulatory Program, by Susan Dudley

February 10, 2016: Forbes Opinion, Supreme Court To EPA: Fool Me Once, by Susan Dudley

February 9, 2016: Forbes Opinion, How Much Will Climate Change Rules Benefit Americans?, by Susan Dudley, et al.

February 5, 2016: Science Magazine Letter, Social cost of carbon: Domestic duty, co-authored by Susan Dudley 

February 4, 2016: The Hill, Window on Obama regs closing, quoting Susan Dudley

February 1, 2016: Bloomberg BNA, OIRA Wish for 2016: An Orderly Regulatory Process, quoting Daniel Pérez

January 26, 2016: Forbes Opinion, Obama Officials Prepare For The Regulatory Stroke Of Midnight, by Susan Dudley

January 14, 2016: Forbes Opinion, EPA Ploughs Ahead With $9.6 Billion Mercury Rule, Despite Supreme Court's Concerns, by Susan Dudley

January 13, 2016: Forbes Opinion, President's State Of The Union Suggests Final Regulatory Push, by Susan Dudley & Daniel Pérez

January 7, 2016: The Hill, Racing to Cement a Wall Street Legacy, mentioning Susan Dudley

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2015

November 10, 2015: The Week, Study: Federal agencies don't check whether their new regulations are even working, citing the GW Regulatory Studies Center

November 5, 2015: Washington Post, Obama wants regulations to be effective, but agencies are ignoring his orders, study finds, citing Sofie Miller and the GW Regulatory Studies Center

November 5, 2015: The Hill Opinion, Regulations need retrospective review, by Sofie Miller

October 9, 2015: The Hill Opinion, The delegate-and-forget-about-it doctrine and government's fourth branch, citing Susan Dudley

October 6, 2015: The Hill, EPA's ozone decision is about politics, and that's OK, by Stuart Shapiro citing Susan Dudley

October 4, 2015: Washington Post, Economic magicians wanted, citing Susan Dudley

October 2, 2015: Reuters Opinion, Why 'science' alone isn't enough for setting environmental policy, by Susan Dudley

September 10, 2015: Bloomberg BNA, Government Science Misused to Guide Policy, citing and quoting Susan Dudley

September 8, 2015: Federalist Society Executive Branch Review Blog, "Alaska is Exempt!", by Brian Mannix

August 24, 2015: TSPPPA, The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center is pleased to receive a generous grant supporting the Center’s mission from the Charles Koch Foundation.

August 17, 2015: National Journal, Why Republicans Can't Stop Obama's Executive Actions on Day One, quoting Susan Dudley

August 5, 2015: The Hill Opinion, Debating the Nanny State, by Stuart Shapiro citing Susan Dudley & Brian Mannix

July 21, 2015: The New American, Obama’s Costly Dishwasher Rules Could Make Americans Dishpan Handlers, citing the GW Regulatory Studies Center

July 10, 2015: The Hill Opinion, Over-regulation: Moving from addition to subtraction, mentioning Susan Dudley

July 7, 2015: The Blaze, The EPA’s ‘Creative Math’ on Power Plant Pollutants Leads to Over Regulation, mentioning Susan Dudley and the GW Regulatory Studies Center

July 1, 2015: The Hill Opinion, SCOTUS says EPA must now consider costs. Are benefits next?, by Stuart Shapiro

June 30, 2015: Bloomberg BNA, Use of Advance Rulemaking Notices Sharply Down Across Federal Agencies, Report Says, citing Sofie Miller

June 30, 2015: The Conversation, Supreme Court’s EPA mercury ruling is a victory for common sense regulation, by Susan Dudley

June 25, 2015: Politico, A Canadian idea Rubio likes, mentioning Susan Dudley

June 22, 2015: Energy & Environment Daily, Senators to hear from former OIRA chief on drafting rules, mentioning Susan Dudley and the GW Regulatory Studies Center

June 19, 2015: The Conversation, Bill would close loophole on figuring regulations' impacts, by Susan Dudley and the GW Regulatory Studies Center

June 19, 2015: The Hill Opinion, Is there a booby trap in Roberts's ObamaCare decision?, by Stuart Shapiro

June 17, 2015: The Washington Times, Soap opera, Act II: Regulators take another run at dishwashers, citing Sofie Miller

June 16, 2015: ACUS Administrative Fix blog, Stakeholder Participation and Regulatory Policymaking in the United States, by Susan Dudley

June 11, 2015: The Hill Opinion, RFS hurts the economy, by Sofie Miller

June 9, 2015: Wall Street Journal, Obama Administration Readies Big Push on Climate Change, citing Susan Dudley

June 8, 2015: ACUS Administrative Fix blog,Regulators' Budget Increases Consistent with Growth in Fiscal Budget, by Susan Dudley

June 8, 2015: Forbes Opinion, Memo To Presidential Campaigns -- Federal Regulation Matters More Than Spending, citing Susan Dudley

June 4, 2015: CEI Blog, Obama Has Issued More "Economically Significant" Rules in 6.5 Years than Bush Did in Eight, citing Susan Dudley and the GW Regulatory Studies Center

May 27, 2015: The Daily Signal, We’re Paying More Than Ever for Government to Regulate Us, citing Susan Dudley and the GW Regulatory Studies Center

May 5, 2015: RegBlog, Is OSHA Burying Its Head in the Sand with Proposed Silica Rule?, citing Susan Dudley & Andrew Morriss

April 27, 2015: The Washington Post, Carly Fiorina's claim that not 'a single regulation' has ever been repealed, quoting Susan Dudley

April 22, 2015: The Conversation, Will US-EU trade talks devolve into game of chicken over regulatory ruffles?, by Susan Dudley

April 6, 2015: GW Today, Public Policy Students Work to Enhance Virginia Cyber Security Law, mentioning Susan Dudley, Lindsay Scherber, and the GW Regulatory Studies Center

March 31, 2015: The Conversation, Justices debate benefits and costs of EPA mercury power plant rule, by Susan Dudley

March 12, 2015: AIR Osservatorio, Challenges and Opportunities for Regulatory Cooperation Across the Atlantic, citing Susan Dudley and Kai Wegrich

March 10, 2015: The Hill, Put teeth in congressional review, mentioning Susan Dudley

February 26, 2015: Wall Street Journal, Independent Agencies And President Obama, by Susan Dudley

February 17, 2015: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Improving Regulatory Accountability: Lessons from the Past, Prospects for the Future, by Susan Dudley

February 12, 2015: Bloomberg BNA, To Avoid Midnight Regulations in 2016, Obama Tells Agencies to Set Priorities Now, quoting Susan Dudley

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2014

December 12, 2014: Morning Consult, EPA Delay Opens Window for RFS Reform, quoting Sofie Miller

November 25, 2014: Bloomberg BNA, Unified Regulatory Agenda Released Amid Questions About Effectiveness, quoting Sofie Miller

November 19, 2015: Bloomberg BNA, U.S., EU to Set TTIP Work Program, Discuss Offers on Goods, Froman Says, citing our Enhancing TTIP event

August 29, 2014: The Hill, Obama Pushes Green Standards for Everything but the Kitchen Sink, citing Sofie Miller 

August 23, 2014: The Hill, Obama hits the gas on regs, quoting Susan Dudley

August 19, 2014: The Hill, Ryan opens new front in war on poverty, quoting Sofie Miller

August 7, 2014: Roll Call, Paul Ryan Anti-Poverty Plan Targets Regressive Regulation, by Sofie Miller

August 5, 2014: The Federalist Society, The Highs–and Lows–of High-Frequency Trading - Podcast, interview with Brian Mannix

July 12, 2014: ACA International, CFPB Funding and Staffing Increases Projected for 2015, citing the Regulators' Budget report

July 10, 2014: The Hill, Study: Economic regulations on the rise, citing the Regulators' Budget report

July 7, 2014: Bloomberg BNA, Agencies’ Methods of Reviewing Regulations Are Coming Under Scrutiny, citing interview with Susan Dudley

June 5, 2014: Bloomberg BNA, Report: Regulations Last Year Had Lower Costs, Fewer Benefits, citing Sofie Miller's analysis

May 29, 2014: Bloomberg BNA, Lists of All Pending Regulations Released by Federal Regulatory Office, citing Sofie Miller's analysis

May 27, 2014: US News, Smoking Out the EPA's Bad Analysis, by Sean Mulholland, citing Susan Dudley's research

May 14, 2014: TABB Forum, Game of Thumbs: Eliminating the Excesses of HFT Racing, by Brian F. Mannix

May 13, 2013: How much should alpha cost?, Fierce Finance IT, by Renee Caruthers 05/13/2014

May 7, 2014: TABB Forum, A Day at the Races: Why HFT Is Inefficient, by Brian F. Mannix

March 11, 2014: Small Businesses for Sensible Regulations, A More Efficient and Effective Government: Improving the Regulatory Framework, citing Susan Dudley & Melinda Warren's report: Regulators' Budget

March 2014: EU Congratulates Winners of 'Transatlantic Research & Debate Grant Program'

March 4, 2014: Nature, Dust regulations trigger backlash: US agency’s reassessment of silica exposure rules provokes conflict-of-interest row with senators, quoting Susan Dudley

January 30, 2014: ACUS Administrative Fix Blog, Statistics on OIRA Regulatory Review, by Susan Dudley

January 19, 2014: Washington Examiner, Controversial food safety rule shows why more transparency is needed at FDA, by Sofie Miller & Cassidy West

January 16, 2014: Bloomberg BNA, Shelanski Considering Changes in Agency Rulemaking Processes in Year Ahead, quoting Susan Dudley

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2013

October 10, 2013: Reuters, Antisocial genesis of the social cost of carbon, by Susan Dudley, Brian F. Mannix, & Sofie E. Miller

September 27, 2013: The Hill, Sen. King makes case for opposing ‘dumb’ regulations, citing RSC's event

September 17, 2013: The Hill, Agencies eye Twitter for help writing regulations, citing RSC and ACUS's joint event

September 6, 2013: The Hill, Regs scholars want feds to review carbon cost estimate, citing Susan Dudley, Sofie Miller & Brian Mannix's public comment

September 3, 2013: The Hill, REGULATION NATION: Obama rulemaking seen as deeply flawed, citing Cassidy West's research

August 28, 2013: Forbes, Op-ed by Henry Miller, citing Sofie Miller's research

August 22, 2013: Agra Europe, FDA should cut equipment standards in produce rule, GWU analysts say, citing Sofie Miller & Cassidy West's research

August 20, 2013: The Washington Times, Regulation nation: Obama brings "high water mark" in rules, citing Susan Dudley

August 19, 2013: The Hill, Regulation nation: Obama expands the regulatory state, citing Susan Dudley

August 12, 2013: The Daily Caller, Congress leaves town, but the Obama administration keeps on regulating, citing Susan Dudley & Melinda Warren's research

July 29, 2013: Forbes.com, New Regulations Batter The Middle Class. Obama Changes The Subject., citing Susan Dudley's research

July 26, 2013: Daily Caller, Study: Sequester didn’t put a dent in regulatory spending, citing Susan Dudley & Melinda Warren's research

July 24, 2013: Fierce Government, Regulatory agencies unharmed by sequestration cuts, report says, citing Susan Dudley & Melinda Warren's research

July 24, 2013: The Hill, Report finds sequester barely affecting regulators, citing Susan Dudley & Melinda Warren's research

July 23, 2013: Science Daily, Sequester has minimal impact on federal regulatory spending, new report finds, citing Susan Dudley & Melinda Warren's research,

July 23, 2013: St. Louis Business Journal, What sequester? Regulatory spending on the rise, citing Susan Dudley & Melinda Warren's research

July 23, 2013: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Sequester has little effect on regulatory spending, citing Susan Dudley & Melinda Warren's research

July 23, 2013: Small Businesses for Sensible Regulations, George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center: OMB's Reported Benefits of Regulation - Too Good to Be True?, citing Susan Dudley's research

July 16, 2013: The Hill, Conservatives fear Senate deal on nominees with embolden regulators, citing Sofie Miller's commentary

July 15, 2013: CQ Roll Call, Some Scientists Welcome Scrutiny of EPA Research Data, quoting Susan Dudley

July 12, 2013: OpenMarket.Org, Scientists Warn of Dangers of " Precautionary Science", referencing GW RSC event.

July 9, 2013: Hearing on H.R. 2122, The Regulatory Accountability Act of 2013, Prepared Statement of Jeffrey A. Rosen, citing research by Susan Dudley and Cassidy West

July 03, 2013: OpenMarket.Org, Uncertainty and New Regulatory Burdens Hinder Recovery, citing Susan Dudley's commentary.

June 26, 2013: The Hill, Experts float plans to overhaul regulatory system, citing Susan Dudley's testimony

June 25, 2013: National Review Online, Four Problems with Obama’s Push for Energy Efficiency, citing RSC research

May 28, 2013: The Examiner, Thank an Oil Company Employee, citing Susan Dudley's interview and research

May 24, 2013: The John Stossel Show, Fox Business, Myth: The Government Needs to Set Fuel Economy Standards, with Susan Dudley

May 23, 2013: Politifact, U.S. Sen. Rob Portman says the Obama administration has put out more major rules than other recent administrations, citing RSC commentary

May 15, 2013: Investor's Business Daily, Regulation Is Also Cause Of Economy's Slow Snap Back From Recession, citing Susan Dudley's research 

May 9, 2013: The Hill, Experts call for outside panel to weed out useless regulations, citing Susan Dudley's remarks

May 2, 2013: The Examiner, Flood of new regulations made Obama’s first term costliest in history, citing RSC research

May 2, 2013: The Examiner, Is Obama really reducing regulatory burdens?, by Susan Dudley and Sofie Miller

Forthcoming May, 2013: Journal of Energy & Environmental Law, Natural Gas Fracking Addresses All of Our Major Problems, by Richard J. Pierce

April 23, 2013: The Weekly Standard, Report: 2012 Regulatory Rules More Costly than All Rules in 'Entire First Terms of Presidents Bush and Clinton, Combined', citing RSC research

April 17, 2013: The Foundry, Congress Wants to Tell Americans How to Be More Efficient? Really?, citing RSC research

April 10, 2013: The Hill, Fishing for a reason to regulate, citing RSC research

April 3, 2013: RegBlog, Do Federal Regulations Impede Economic Growth?, citing RSC research

April 2, 2013: The Guardian, Mary Schapiro: the latest official through the regulatory revolving door, quoting Susan Dudley

March 25, 2013: National Journal, Repeal the RFS, by Susan Dudley

March 21, 2013: Washington Times, DUDLEY AND MILLER: Government by regulation: So much for ‘transparency’

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2012

October 11, 2012: Virginian-Pilot, Regulation should be more accountable, by Susan Dudley

September 12, 2012: Politico, Government regulations: Rhetoric vs. reality, by Susan Dudley

August 28, 2012: Wall Street Journal, Letter to the Editor on Cross-State Air Pollution, by Susan Dudley

August 21, 2012: Washington Post, Should we regulate the president’s regulators?

August 12, 2012: Wall Street Journal, Rob Portman: The Regulatory Cliff is Nearly as Steep as the Fiscal One

June 25, 2012: Bloomberg, Airline Crash Deaths Too Few to Make New Safety Rules Pay

June 24, 2012: Washington Post, Regulators surge in numbers while overseers shrink

February 18, 2012: The Economist, Measuring the impact of regulation: The rule of more

February 9, 2012: Bloomberg, Obama Rulemaker: $25B Outweighed by Benefits

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2011

December 20, 2011: National Journal, EPA Misrepresents Mercury Rule Benefits

December 20, 2011: The Hill, EPA’s risks outweigh rewards for new mercury rule

November 8, 2011: National Journal, Regulating Past The Point of Diminishing Returns

September 27, 2011: RegBlog, Measuring Regulatory Activity: What Can We Learn From the Unified Regulatory Agenda?

September 6, 2011: The Daily Caller, Ozone in the no-zone

August 24, 2011: Politico, Don't overstate reg re-examination

August 22, 2011: Bloomberg, More regulation is the last thing economy needs

August 10, 2011: RegBlog, Congress needs its own regulatory review office

July 21, 2011: RegBlog, Senate committee continues review of regulatory reform bills

July 18, 2011: E&E News, Senate panel to hear from experts on streamlining federal rules

July 12, 2011: The Daily Caller, Our economy needs small businesses, and small businesses need regulatory reform

July 11, 2011: RegBlog, Prospects for Regulatory Reform

June 30, 2011: The Daily Caller, Who's regulating the regulators?

May 31, 2011: STLtoday.com, Regulatory burden continues to grow

May 11, 2011: The Daily Caller, Cost of running regulatory agencies to reach $57.3 billion in 2012

May 3, 2011: Boston.com, Romney: 'The bad guy took one in the eye'

February 17, 2011: The Daily Caller,  What to do about unfunded mandates?

February 7, 2011: The Daily Caller, Why I support regulatory pay-go

January 20, 2011: The Economist , Red Tape Rising

January 20, 2011: RealClearMarkets.com, Obama Approaches Regulation Backwards

January 19, 2011: Administrative Confernce of the United States, Latest News and Information

January 19, 2011: The Deseret News, Regulatory Review

January 19, 2011: Federal News Radio, Obama's regulatory reforms draw mixed reviews

January 18, 2011: The Daily Caller, Bush's chief regulatory advisor: Obama's new interest in regulation significant

January 18, 2011: Washington Examiner, Manhattan Moments

January 18, 2011: Fox News.com , Jobs and Regulation -- Is Obama Finally Getting Serious About Solutions?

January 3, 2011: The Daily Caller, Alfred Kahn was a true American hero

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2010

September 27, 2010: The Daily Caller, Would you eat genetically-engineered salmon?

August 11, 2010: The Daily Caller, Let Congress vote on major rules

June 15, 2010: The Washington Times, RAHN: Costs without benefits

May 25, 2010: Before It's News, Uncle Sam To Spend $59 Billion on Regulation in 2011, a 75+ Percent Increase Over Past Decade Say University Researchers

May 21, 2010: PhysOrg.com, Study reveils that regulatory spending and staffing is at an all-time high

May 8, 2010: Wall Street Journal, Susan Dudley and Melinda Warren's letter

January 28, 2010: Penn Law RegBlog, One-Year Retrospective on Obama's Regulatory Record

January 11, 2010: The Federalist Society, The Paperwork Reduction Act