Author: Caitlin Styrsky
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Federal Register weekly update; no significant final rules published
The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity. From February 3 to February 7, the Federal Register grew by 1,288 pages for a year-to-date total of 7,190 pages. Over the same…
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OIRA reviewed 31 significant rules in January
The White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) reviewed 31 significant regulatory actions issued by federal agencies in January 2020. The agency approved one rule without changes and approved the intent of 28 rules while recommending changes to their content. Agencies withdrew two rules from the review process. OIRA reviewed 17 significant regulatory…
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Immigration judge union calls for independent immigration courts
The president of the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ) on January 29 urged members of the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship to create independent immigration courts outside of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). “America needs an immigration court that is free from improper influence on the decisions of immigration judges,”…
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Federal Register weekly update; highest weekly document total of 2020 to date
The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity. From January 27 to January 31, the Federal Register grew by 1,334 pages for a year-to-date total of 5,902 pages. Over the same…
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Federal Register weekly update; 2020 page total continues to outpace 2019 and 2018
The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity. From January 20 to January 24, the Federal Register grew to 4,568 pages. Over the same period in 2019 and 2018, the Federal…
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Idaho governor issues two executive orders on regulation
Idaho Governor Brad Little (R) on January 16 signed two executive orders aimed at streamlining regulatory review and minimizing the volume of regulations in the state. Little issued the executive orders on the heels of his 2019 regulatory reduction efforts, which resulted in state agencies cutting or simplifying 75% of the state’s regulatory code. The first…
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FTC faces due process challenge to adjudication, administrative law judges
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on January 3 became the latest federal agency to face a constitutional challenge to its adjudication procedures, including the role of administrative law judges (ALJs). Axon Enterprises Inc. filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona arguing that the FTC’s adjudication procedures vest the…
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Federal Register weekly update; 2020 page total exceeds 2019 and 2018
The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity. From January 13 to January 17, the Federal Register grew to 3,228 pages. Over the same period in 2019 and 2018, the Federal…
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FLRA hears testimony in bid to decertify immigration judge union
The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) held a hearing on January 7 to consider testimony on a petition filed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in August that seeks to decertify the union representing the agency’s immigration judges (IJs), the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ). Decertification of the NAIJ could give DOJ officials…
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Federal Register weekly update; 2020 page total to date exceeds 2019, trails 2018
From January 6 to January 10, the Federal Register grew to 1,730 pages. Over the same period in 2019 and 2018, the Federal Register grew to 106 pages and 2,028 pages, respectively. As of January 10, the 2020 total led the 2019 total by 1,624 pages and trailed the 2018 total by 298 pages. The…