Regulations

EEOC finalizes electronic filing options for feds

Although the agency that investigates complaints of workplace discrimination has offered the option to file documents and track cases online for years, its regulations now finally endorse the current system.

  • Erich Wagner

White House takes a crack at much-needed permitting reform

A new rule is the latest push by the Biden administration to address regulatory obstacles to developing clean energy.

  • Akielly Hu, Grist

New guidance will help agencies get underserved communities more involved in the regulatory process

The Biden administration is working to ensure that people who are affected have a chance to weigh in as rules are being developed.

  • Amelia Gruber

What will the federal government do with generative AI?

Federal employees are going to see AI tools show up in cloud-based productivity suites sooner rather than later, but it's not clear yet how the trending tech will impact public-facing digital services.

  • Natalie Alms

Alaska and 9 other states threaten to sue EPA over wood-burning stove standards

The agency's 2015 standards are inadequately administered and allow substandard devices to be certified, thus creating more pollution and deceiving consumers, court filing argues.

  • Yereth Rosen

House Votes to Give Agencies Less Leeway in Interpreting Laws

The bill would kill a nearly 40-year Supreme Court precedent.

  • Eric Katz

A Bill to Hamstring Agency Rulemaking Passed the House Despite Veto Threat

The Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act would require all new major regulations by federal agencies to first be approved by both the House and Senate.

  • Erich Wagner

The White House Threatens Vetoes Over Regulations Bills

The House is scheduled to vote on these bills this week, but so far has failed to pass the initial procedural measure.

  • Courtney Bublé

Lawmakers: Treat Agency Guidance the Same As Rules and Regulations

New bill would ensure oversight for additional agency policies.

  • Eric Katz

White House Releases New AI National Frameworks, Educator Recommendations

The Biden administration unveiled a docket full of more artificial intelligence regulatory efforts to promote responsible development, adoption and usage of increasingly smart systems.

  • Alexandra Kelley

Top Postal Regulator Calls for Expanded Reach Amid Feud With DeJoy

As USPS management says its regulator is standing in its way, the commission's chairman seeks to grow to keep pace with DeJoy's changes.

  • Eric Katz

House Republicans Have Questions About the White House’s Regulatory Update

A staff-level briefing for the House Oversight and Accountability Committee is in the works. 

  • Courtney Bublé

Federal Agency Expertise Faces a Challenge at the Supreme Court

The Chevron Deference, established in 1984, says courts should defer to federal agencies’ interpretation of an ambiguous or unclear statute that they administer.

  • Courtney Bublé
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Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Water Pollution Standards

A coalition of environmental groups claims the EPA has failed for decades to update limits on the discharge of some dangerous chemicals into waterways. Most of the worst polluters are in Texas.

  • Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune

Biden's Regulatory Update is Finally Here

“These new steps will produce a more efficient, effective regulatory review process that will help improve peoples’ lives,” said the White House regulations chief.

  • Courtney Bublé

Members Of Senate Panel Press Financial Regulators On Massive Bank Failures

Members of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs asked if the Federal Reserve could have done more to prevent the collapse.

  • Ashley Murray, Kanas Reflector

The Collapse Of Major U.S. Banks Leads To Bills Calling For More Regulation

The recent collapse of three banks has lawmakers debating whether stricter regulations will prevent other banks from meeting the same fate.

  • V. Gerard (Jerry) Comizio, The Conversation

Biden Wants to Expand a Federal Agency’s Power to Go After Failed Bank Execs

The White House says Congress must give its administration more accountability powers.

  • Eric Katz

Pentagon Office Tracking National Security Impact of Silicon Valley Bank Collapse

The director of the Pentagon’s office tasked with connecting relevant tech companies with private capital said in an email that the office is “monitoring national security-related impacts” stemming from the prominent startup lender’s demise.

  • Edward Graham

How the ‘Holman Rule’ Allows the House to Fast-Track Proposals to Gut Government Programs without Debate or Much Thought at All

House Republicans have adopted a rule used periodically over the past 150 years that allows lawmakers to speed up and streamline votes to dismantle federal programs and fire federal employees.

  • Charles Tiefer, The Conversation

The Ohio Train Crash Happened While The Hazardous Material Regulatory Agency Had No Permanent Leader

Courtney Bublé joins the podcast to discuss the derailment and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, which has no nominee to lead it.

  • Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler