Editor’s Note: One of CRE’s regulatory objectives is to restore OIRA’s staff level to its original level of 90.
From: RegBlog | Penn Program on Regulation
My topic deals not with the substance of regulations, but with those who process them.
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Search Results Archives: September 2015
September 8, 2015
September 5, 2015
OIRA Review of Independent Agency Rules
Justice Scalia on Independent Agencies
Reigning-in the Independent Agencies
The View of a FTC Commissioner
Ash Council Ash Independent Agencies
Read CRE Library on Independent Agencies ( Insert: “independent agenicies”
Reference Documents for Student Submissions
Question-Specific References
Cumulative Cost of Regulations
OIRA Review of Independent Agency Regulations
OIRA: The Court of Last Resort for DQA Petitions
A History of the APA
General References
Mission of the OIRA Teaching Module
The Need for an OIRA Teaching Module
ABA Rulemaking
Overview of the Rulemaking Process
What is OIRA?
The Federal Rulemaking Process
A Brief Review of Rulemaking and Judicial Review
The Evolution of OIRA and Centralized Regulatory Review
The Courts
Justice Kagan
Judge Ginsburg
September 4, 2015
Truck Speed Limiter Rule Delayed for ‘Extended’ Review by White House
From: Transport Topics
By Eric Miller
A proposed rule to require the installation and use of speed-limiting devices on heavy trucks has been delayed while it receives an “extended” review by the White House Office of Management and Budget. Prior to the announcement on an OMB portal, the joint National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposal was expected to be published in the Federal Register on Sept. 21.
September 3, 2015
Silas Palmer Fellow Uses Hoover Archives To Uncover The Early Influence Of The White House On Regulation Policy
Editor’s Note: The White House became “head overseer of regulatory policy” during the Nixon Administration based on regulatory analysis tools developed during the Johnson Administration. See here.
From: Hoover Institution
By Erik Erlandson
Today, the American executive branch wields enormous control over the shape of federal economic regulation. This influence is centralized in an executive agency called the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), which was created in 1980 to review (and often revise) the hundreds of new rules that had poured out of Washington in the preceding two decades. Every subsequent president—from Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama—has made use of the office to help implement their domestic agenda. The gatekeepers at OIRA, often referred to as an administration’s regulation or deregulation “czars,” have secured a critical role ensuring that rules for the private sector reflect presidential policy.
September 2, 2015
White House reviews EPA’s ozone pollution rule
From: The Hill
By Timothy Cama
The Obama administration has started the final review process for its regulation to reduce the allowable concentration of ozone pollution in the air.
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said Monday that it had received the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rule Friday, kicking off its review.