Archive for October, 2017
Distrust of Obama Administration Behind Drive to Deregulate
Oct 30th
From: Bloomberg/BNA
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Public comments made by current and former administrators of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, an agency within the Office of Management and Budget that reviews all significant federal regulations, reveal their suspicions.
Agencies know that OMB leaders are laser-focused on costs, and that is going to lead to a reduction in the number and scope of rules emerging from agencies, said Howard Shelanski, former OIRA administrator during the Obama administration.
The United States is going back to space!
Oct 17th
From: AIPT!
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Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Mike Mulvaney, responded, “Noone understands this, which we kind of like, but we have the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. We touch every reg and de-reg effort within the government … If you folks could be specific to which regulations are impeding innovation and impeding investment, specifically identifying changes in laws, keep in mind there are some things we can do as an administration without Congress.”
New Regulatory Task Forces Meet Same Old Obstacles
Oct 16th
From: Bloomberg/BNA
By Cheryl Bolen
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Information to Come
Regulatory reform officers and task forces in every agency are working on systematic efforts to evaluate and reduce regulatory burdens, Rao said, mentioning a new present-value calculator as one tool.
According to a guidance document issued in April, agencies are required to calculate the “present value” of regulatory actions and cost savings, and OIRA is working to assist agencies in their accounting, a spokesman said.
Analytic tools crucial in improving regulatory practices: US adviser
Oct 13th
From: The Korea Herald
Amid Korea’s continued strive for increased transparency and regulatory business reforms, the Fair Player Club and US Embassy Seoul hosted a joint seminar on better regulatory compliance in Seoul on Thursday.
The seminar invited keynote speaker Aaron Szabo, senior adviser for International Regulatory Cooperation of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in Washington, who shared the US’ approach for establishing analytic tools for regulatory design and review.
Where Trump’s Regulatory Rollback Is Having Impact
Oct 4th
From: Reuters via Insurance Journal
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List to be Published
The full scope of the effects of the two-for-one requirement will begin to emerge in late November, when the White House is expected to publish a list of regulations and deregulatory actions each agency has taken under the rule.
A Reuters examination of rules published in the Federal Register, a U.S. government journal, shows that so far in 2017, agencies have proposed or finalized 25 deregulatory measures under the two-for-one requirement – a broad easing of rules that will affect workers from miners and farmers to pilots and crane operators.