Regulations

Biden Seeks to Halt or Delay Trump’s ‘Midnight Regulations’

The new president took several immediate actions to start undoing Trump’s deregulatory agenda.

Courtney Bublé
January 20, 2021

Biden Seeks to Halt or Delay Trump’s ‘Midnight Regulations’

The new president took several immediate actions to start undoing Trump’s deregulatory agenda.

Courtney Bublé
January 20, 2021

GovExec Daily: Federal Land Management During Trump's Term

Bloomberg Government's Kellie Lunney joins the show to discuss the outgoing president's public lands legacy.

Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler
January 19, 2021

GovExec Daily: How Biden Can Make Government Work Better

Peter H. Schuck joins the podcast to discuss how the president-elect can realign government to meet more people's needs.

Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler
January 15, 2021

GovExec Daily: Getting the Best People into the Civil Service

Dr. Lisa Parshall and Dr. Jim Twombly join the podcast again to talk about how to make public service jobs more attractive to more people, including paying feds more.

Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler
January 8, 2021

GovExec Daily: The Administrative State Under the Trump Presidency

Dr. Lisa Parshall and Dr. Jim Twombly join the podcast to discuss their book on the outgoing president's effects on the federal government.

Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler
January 7, 2021

Environmental Groups Allege Texas Rubber-Stamped Industrial Plants' Pollution — and that the EPA Looked the Other Way

The groups are suing the EPA, saying it failed to address concerns that air permits issued to big industrial facilities didn’t meet federal standards.

Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune
January 5, 2021

Democratic Lawmakers Seek to Increase Oversight of ‘Midnight’ Regulations

Bill would require the Government Accountability Office to submit various reports to Congress.

Courtney Bublé
December 16, 2020

GovExec Daily: Midnight Regulations During the Transition

Courtney Bublé joins the podcast to discuss the outgoing administration's last-minute rulemaking.

Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler
December 3, 2020

New HHS Policy Requires All Information to Be Released for Upcoming Rules

Experts criticize and question its purpose as the Trump administration winds down.

Courtney Bublé
December 1, 2020

GovExec Daily: How Biden Can Rebuild Government

Philip K. Howard joins the podcast to discuss how the incoming administration can reconfigure bureaucracy for better government.

Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler
November 30, 2020

Trump Races to Weaken Environmental and Worker Protections, and Implement Other Last-Minute Policies, Before Jan. 20

The Trump administration is rushing to approve dozens of eleventh-hour policy changes. Among them: The Justice Department is fast-tracking a rule that could reintroduce firing squads and electrocutions to federal executions.

Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica
November 25, 2020

HHS Seeks Feedback on Pandemic Regulatory Actions

The Trump administration is making a final push for deregulation during lame duck period.

Courtney Bublé
November 24, 2020

Regulatory Affairs Veteran Shares Insights on Trump’s Cutbacks and What Lies Ahead for Biden

"Judge the person relative to what you want them to do," said Jim Tozzi, on selecting a new Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs administrator.

Courtney Bublé
November 17, 2020

What Will Regulatory Policy Look Like Under President Biden?

Experts predict the incoming Biden administration will work immediately to undo four years of deregulation under Trump.

Courtney Bublé
November 10, 2020

Global Media Agency CEO Revokes Regulation Clarifying ‘Firewall’ Protecting Journalistic Integrity

The move is at most symbolic and a "weird Hail Mary" days ahead of the presidential election, said a whistleblower attorney.

Courtney Bublé
October 27, 2020

GovExec Daily: Taming the Bureaucracy

Author Mark Schwartz joins the podcast to discuss how to make government work better for everyone.

Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler
October 20, 2020

GovExec Daily: The Latest Deregulation Memo

Courtney Bublé joins the podcast to discuss the August OMB memo on agencies soften rules for pursuing regulatory violators.

Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler
September 9, 2020

White House Presses Agencies to Soften Rules for Pursuing Regulatory Violators

“The government should bear the burden of proving an alleged violation of law; the subject of enforcement should not bear the burden of proving compliance,” memo says.

Courtney Bublé
September 4, 2020

FDA Is Departing from Long-Standing Procedures to Deal with Public Health Crises, and This May Foreshadow Problems for COVID-19 Vaccines

The rushed emergency approval for a treatment that might help COVID-19 patients has raised questions: Is the FDA abandoning its own guidelines?

Ana Santos Rutschman, Lisa Vertinsky and Yaniv Heled, The Conversation
August 27, 2020

Many U.S. Workplaces Required to Report Injuries Flouted New Labor Department Rule

A federal magistrate judge’s ruling has freed OSHA records from large employers across the country. Access to this data will help the public identify America’s most dangerous companies

Jennifer Gollan and Melissa Lewis, Reveal
August 26, 2020

Coronavirus Roundup: Trump Lauds Pandemic Deregulation; Moderate Democrats Ask for More Oversight in Next Relief Package

There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.

Courtney Bublé
July 17, 2020

Bloomberg Government's Kellie Lunney joins the show to discuss the outgoing president's public lands legacy.

Peter H. Schuck joins the podcast to discuss how the president-elect can realign government to meet more people's needs.

Dr. Lisa Parshall and Dr. Jim Twombly join the podcast again to talk about how to make public service jobs more attractive to more people, including paying feds more.

Dr. Lisa Parshall and Dr. Jim Twombly join the podcast to discuss their book on the outgoing president's effects on the federal government.

The groups are suing the EPA, saying it failed to address concerns that air permits issued to big industrial facilities didn’t meet federal standards.

Bill would require the Government Accountability Office to submit various reports to Congress.

Courtney Bublé joins the podcast to discuss the outgoing administration's last-minute rulemaking.

Experts criticize and question its purpose as the Trump administration winds down.

Philip K. Howard joins the podcast to discuss how the incoming administration can reconfigure bureaucracy for better government.

The Trump administration is rushing to approve dozens of eleventh-hour policy changes. Among them: The Justice Department is fast-tracking a rule that could reintroduce firing squads and electrocutions to federal executions.

The Trump administration is making a final push for deregulation during lame duck period.

"Judge the person relative to what you want them to do," said Jim Tozzi, on selecting a new Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs administrator.

Experts predict the incoming Biden administration will work immediately to undo four years of deregulation under Trump.

The move is at most symbolic and a "weird Hail Mary" days ahead of the presidential election, said a whistleblower attorney.

Author Mark Schwartz joins the podcast to discuss how to make government work better for everyone.

Courtney Bublé joins the podcast to discuss the August OMB memo on agencies soften rules for pursuing regulatory violators.

“The government should bear the burden of proving an alleged violation of law; the subject of enforcement should not bear the burden of proving compliance,” memo says.

The rushed emergency approval for a treatment that might help COVID-19 patients has raised questions: Is the FDA abandoning its own guidelines?

A federal magistrate judge’s ruling has freed OSHA records from large employers across the country. Access to this data will help the public identify America’s most dangerous companies

There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.

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