Public Comments & Testimonies

Scholarly analysis of the potential effects of particular rulemakings from federal agencies, and advice to Congress on how to improve the rulemaking process by GW Regulatory Studies Center scholars.


"Your input and expertise during the drafting of the Early Participation in Regulations Act of 2019 and SMART Act of 2019 was invaluable."

Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
Senator James Lankford (R-OK)

Joint statement


On the FTC's Trade Regulation on Unfair or Deceptive Fees Proposed Rule

More research is needed to understand which types of "junk fees" warrant regulating

Comment on FTC-DOJ Draft Merger Guidelines

The proper goal of merger enforcement policy is to prevent only those mergers that seem likely to reduce the welfare of consumers

Letter to OIRA Administrator on Circular A4

Former SBCA presidents emphasize the importance of best practices for discounting and distributional impacts for making the new OMB Circular a durable guide

Draft Circular A4 Peer Review Comments: Joseph Cordes

As a peer reviewer selected by Office of Management and Budget, Joseph Cordes evaluated Draft Circular A-4: Guidance on regulatory analysis

Using Distributional Weights in Circular A-4 Would Encourage Wasteful Rent-Seeking

Public interest comment by Visiting Scholar Brian Mannix argues for benefit-cost analysis as a check on administrative discretion

The Discounting Dilemma

Insight by Brian Mannix submitted as a public interest comment to OMB in response to Draft Circular A-4

Simpler, More Transparent Analysis Will Make Circular A-4 More Valuable to the Regulatory Process

Public interest comment filed jointly by GW's Christopher Carrigan and Stuart Shapiro of Rutgers University

OMB Draft Circular A4: Safeguarding Objective and Evidence-Based Principles for Regulatory Impact Analysis

Public interest comment on the OMB Draft Circular A-4 by Susan Dudley, former Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

On Draft Circular A4, Behavioral Biases, and Discount Rates

Public Interest Comment on the Office of Management and Budget's Draft Circular A4 concerning benefit-cost analysis

Distributional Weights Should Be Dropped from the Draft Circular A-4

Weighting costs and benefits could result in large losses in efficiency