Author: Caitlin Styrsky
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Federal Register weekly update; highest weekly page total since February
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 April 29 to May 3, the number of pages in the Federal Register increased by 1,752 pages, bringing…
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Lawmakers propose legislation to return ALJs to competitive service
A group of congressmen introduced the ALJ Competitive Service Restoration Act on May 1, which aims to restore administrative law judges (ALJs) to the competitive service. President Donald Trump (R) moved ALJs from the competitive service to the excepted service—two subsets of the larger civil service—through Executive Order 13843 in July 2018. Trump issued…
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April 2019 OIRA review count; highest monthly review count of Trump administration to-date
In April 2019, the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) reviewed 44 significant regulatory actions issued by federal agencies—the highest monthly review count of the Trump administration to-date. The agency approved one rule without changes and approved the intent of 39 rules while recommending changes to their content. Agencies withdrew four rules…
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Federal Register weekly update; lowest weekly final rule total since January
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 April 22 to April 26, the number of pages in the Federal Register increased by 1,330 pages, bringing…
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SCOTUS hears oral arguments in challenge to census citizenship question
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in Department of Commerce v. New York, a case challenging the addition of a citizenship question on the U.S. Census. The question asks, “Is this person a citizen of the United States?” Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross approved the addition of a citizenship question on the…
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Federal Register weekly update; 2019 weekly page average continues to climb
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 April 15 to April 19, the number of pages in the Federal Register increased by 1,518 pages, bringing…
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Federal Register weekly update; 2019 weekly page average tops 1,000 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 April 8 to April 12, the number of pages in the Federal Register increased by 1,288 pages, bringing…
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Third federal judge strikes down citizenship question on 2020 U.S. Census
Judge George Jarrod Hazel of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland became the third federal judge to block a citizenship question on the 2020 U.S. Census on April 5, 2019. Hazel ruled in a consolidated case that the question, in his view, was unconstitutional and a violation of administrative law. …
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Federal Register weekly update; highest weekly total of presidential documents 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 April 1 to April 5, the number of pages in the Federal Register increased by 1,748 pages, bringing…
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March 2019 OIRA review count; highest monthly review count of 2019
In March 2019, the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) reviewed 27 significant regulatory actions issued by federal agencies. The agency approved three rules without changes and approved the intent of 23 rules while recommending changes to their content. One rule was subject to a statutory or judicial deadline. OIRA reviewed…