News and Events

GW Regulatory Studies Center (RSC) scholars regularly host and participate in events on regulatory policy.  Their expertise is also featured in op-eds and reports in leading media outlets.
 

Statement on the RSC Mission

Read the statement (PDF) from GW faculty and administrators involved with the GW Regulatory Studies Center providing accurate information about the center's membership, scholarship and activities.

 


Featured Recent Events

Building On Regulatory Foundations

The GW Regulatory Studies Center and IBM Center for The Business of Government co-hosted a roundtable and reception November 16, 2023 in Washington, DC commemorating the 30th Anniversary of Executive Order 12866 and 20th Anniversary of Circular A-4. The event brought together OIRA Administrators from the past five presidential administrations.

Revising Regulatory Review

At our May 9, 2023 public forum examining executive actions on Modernizing Regulatory Review, OIRA Administrator Richard Revesz discussed these changes with a panel of former OIRA administrators who served in the Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations. That was followed by a panel of experts in regulatory impact analysis at the federal level who explored in more depth the draft OMB Circular A-4.

Agile Governance

April 26-27, 2022, the GW Regulatory Studies Center co-hosted senior international government officials, thought leaders in academia and civil society, and business leaders from across sectors for a public forum on agile governance. Co-hosts for this dynamic discussion were the OECD, Google, World Economic Forum, and U.S. Council on International Business.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Events

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Podcast: Discounting to Achieve Policy Preferences

Tuesday, 8/15/2023, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Susan Dudley discusses the use of proposed discount rates in the OMB Draft Circular A-4

Overview of OIRA's Guidance on Public Engagement for Federal Agencies

Wednesday, 8/2/2023, 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Discussing priorities for early involvement, transparency, proactive engagement, and meaningful participation

Biden’s Spring 2023 Unified Agenda

GW Regulatory Studies Podcast discussion

Wednesday, 6/28/2023, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Zhoudan (Zoey) Xie shares highlights of the Spring 2023 Unified Agenda

Safeguarding Objective and Evidence-Based Principles for Regulatory Impact Analysis

GW Regulatory Studies Podcast discussion

Wednesday, 6/21/2023, 10:00am - 10:30am

Susan Dudley shares perspectives on the OMB Draft Circular A4 and the value of durable, objective regulatory impact analysis

Challenges with Distributional Weighting in the Draft Circular A-4

GW Reg Studies Podcast discussion

Monday, 6/12/2023, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Economist Mary Sullivan joins the podcast to share perspectives on the proposed introduction of distributional weighting as part of the new draft Circular A-4

Revising Regulatory Review: Expert Insights on the Biden Administration’s Guidelines for Regulatory Analysis

Tuesday, 5/9/2023, 10:30am - 3:00pm

GW Regulatory Studies and the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis host a discussion of changes to regulatory practices and analysis with OIRA administrators

What's In the EO on Modernizing Regulatory Review?

GW Reg Studies Podcast discussion

Wednesday, 4/26/2023, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Mark Febrizio and Bridget Dooling break down the 'Modernizing' executive order on the RegStudies Podcast

NIH Clinical Trials Network Annual Steering Committee Meeting

Monday, 4/24/2023, 9:00am - 10:00am

Professor Bridget Dooling to speak at NIH session of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network

RegTech 2023 Data Summit: Data Modernization under the Financial Data Transparency Act

Tuesday, 4/11/2023, 1:45pm - 2:45pm

The Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA) will spur RegTech innovation to address regulatory challenges in financial services

HUD's Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Proposal

GW Reg Studies Podcast discussion

Tuesday, 4/11/2023, 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Listen for insights from Policy Analyst Sarah Hay on new rules that build onto the AFFH approach.