Author: Caitlin Styrsky
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Trump executive order prohibits agencies from creating binding rules through guidance documents
President Donald Trump (R) issued a pair of executive orders on October 9 that aim to limit the use of guidance documents by federal administrative agencies and end what the order refers to as administrative abuses by requiring agencies to provide fair notice of regulations. Agency guidance documents are not legally binding, but rather…
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Federal Register weekly update; highest weekly total of final rules so far in 2019
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 September 30 to October 4, the number of pages in the Federal Register increased by 1,938 pages, bringing…
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Federal agencies allowed to implement Trump’s civil service executive orders
Federal agencies can fully implement President Donald Trump’s (R) three civil service executive orders after the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Wednesday lifted an injunction that had blocked the implementation of provisions concerning the use of union official time. President Trump issued the civil service executive orders…
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OIRA reviewed 42 significant regulatory actions in September 2019
In September 2019, the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) reviewed 42 significant regulatory actions issued by federal agencies. The agency approved three rules without changes and approved the intent of 35 rules while recommending changes to their content. Agencies withdrew two rules from the review process. Two other rules were improperly…
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Federal Register weekly update; 2019 year-to-date page total leads 2018 by more than 2,000 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 September 23 to September 27, the number of pages in the Federal Register increased by 1,730 pages, bringing the…
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D.C. Circuit declines to rehear case challenging Trump’s civil service executive orders; injunction set to be lifted
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit declined a rehearing request before the full court on Wednesday in a case challenging President Donald Trump’s (R) three civil service executive orders. Unless plaintiffs appeal the case further, the court’s decision could wrap up over a year of litigation and lift an…
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Federal Register weekly update; lowest weekly page total since July
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 September 16 to September 20, the number of pages in the Federal Register increased by 1,088 pages, bringing the…
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OPM moves to implement unblocked provisions of Trump’s civil service executive orders
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a proposed rule on Tuesday aiming to implement a selection of employee performance provisions from President Donald Trump’s (R) three civil service executive orders. President Trump issued the civil service executive orders (E.O. 13837, E.O. 13836, and E.O.13839) in May 2018. The orders include proposals aimed…
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FCC proposes eliminating adjudication hearings in favor of written testimony
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking public comment on a proposal that would end the agency’s process of conducting live adjudication hearings before an administrative law judge (ALJ) in favor of a system that considers only written testimony and documentary evidence. Adjudication proceedings include agency determinations outside of the rulemaking process that resolve…