Author: Caitlin Styrsky
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Federal Register weekly update; first 21 rules of 2020
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 1 to January 3, the 2020 Federal Register grew to 418 pages. The publication featured the following 165 documents: • 131…
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OIRA reviewed 475 significant rules in 2019
The White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) reviewed a total of 475 significant regulatory actions issued by federal agencies in 2019. The agency reviewed a total of 355 significant rules in 2018 and 237 significant rules in 2017. As of January 3, 2020, OIRA’s website listed 132 regulatory actions under review. OIRA…
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Federal Register weekly update; first week since July with no new presidential documents
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. During the week of December 23 to December 27, the Federal Register increased by 1,342 pages, bringing the year-to-date total to 71,734 pages.…
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Federal Register weekly update; 2019 page total surpasses 70,000 pages
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. During the week of December 16 to December 20, the Federal Register increased by 2,068 pages, bringing the year-to-date total to 70,392 pages.…
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New CFPB lawsuit raises nondelegation challenge
The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), a pro bono law firm with a focus on the administrative state, filed a lawsuit on December 19 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York challenging the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on the grounds that Congress unlawfully delegated appropriations power to the agency in violation…
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Federal Register weekly update; average weekly page total declines for fourth week in a row
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. During the week of December 9 to December 13, the Federal Register increased by 1,156 pages, bringing the year-to-date total to 68,324 pages.…
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$13.5 billion in savings from 150 deregulatory actions in 2019; Trump administration falls short of 2019 2-to-1 deregulatory goal
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) last week issued a 2019 update on the Trump administration’s 2-to-1 regulatory policy, which requires agencies to eliminate two old regulations for each new regulation issued. Though the requirement only applies to what are called significant regulations—those with an economic impact of $100 million or more—the update includes information…
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Federal Register weekly update; a week without significant regulations
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. During the week of December 2 to December 6, the Federal Register increased by 1,262 pages, bringing the year-to-date total to 67,168 pages.…
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Trump administration proposes new independent agency to manage federal student aid
U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos proposed establishing a new independent federal agency to manage the federal student loan program. DeVos argued that the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA), which manages the federal government’s $1.5 trillion student loan portfolio, was not created to function as an apolitical bank, despite congressional policy expectations.…