Sarah Hay
Sarah Hay is a policy analyst at the George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center. Her research interests include the Congressional Review Act (CRA) and public participation in the regulatory process. Her research on the CRA has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and on C-SPAN.
A Lookback at the Law: How Congress Uses the CRA
How the Congressional Review Act works and how Congress uses it.
After Midnight: Prospective Uses of the CRA in the Second Trump Administration
In this Insight, we highlight what we know so far about what regulations might fall in the CRA lookback window when the next Congress begins, and how the composition of regulations might change based on different lookback windows.
How to Count: Congressional Day Counting & the CRA
The author explains why it is so challenging to figure out the lookback date, presents useful resources for counting days, and presents data and takeaways based on her own estimations of CRA lookback dates from 1996 to 2023.
Care to Comment? Topics Discussed in Revised Circular A4 Public Comments
OMB received nearly 4,500 public comments on the proposed revisions to Circular A-4. This commentary gives an overview of those comments and presents our findings on what topics they discuss and who commented based on text analysis of the unique comments.
Circular A-4: A Comparison between the 2023 Draft and the 2003 Circular
This Regulatory Insight provides a section-by-section comparison between the 2023 draft and 2003 Circulars and a descriptive discussion about major changes in each section.
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
If HUD proceeds with its proposed rule on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, it should commit to retrospective review and to providing technical support on community engagement to program participants ...
OIRA’s public engagement recommendations have the opportunity to expand engagement in the federal rulemaking process ...