Author: Caitlin Styrsky
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Federal Register weekly update; fewest final rules added since end of 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 March 25 to March 29, the number of pages in the Federal Register increased by 1,076 pages, bringing…
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Federal judge expresses concern over constitutionality of ALJ proceedings
Judge John McBryde of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas expressed concern on Tuesday in his opinion in Cochran v. SEC over the constitutionality of the administrative law judges (ALJs) at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The plaintiff, Michelle Cochran, appealed an adverse decision from an SEC ALJ in…
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Federal Register weekly update; year-to-date page total exceeds 10,000 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 March 18 to March 22, the number of pages in the Federal Register increased by 1,278 pages, bringing…
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Civil service reforms resurface in Trump’s 2020 budget proposal
President Trump’s (R) 2020 budget proposal includes provisions that would impact the structure and internal procedures of the federal civil service. A selection of the provisions was previously featured in Trump’s three civil service executive orders (E.O. 13837, E.O. 13836, and E.O. 13839) issued in May 2018. These include proposals aimed at removing poor-performing…
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Federal Register weekly update; lowest weekly page 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 March 11 to March 15, the number of pages in the Federal Register increased by 1,104 pages, bringing…
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U.S. Senate confirms Rao to D.C. Circuit
The U.S. Senate voted 53-46 on March 13 to confirm Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) Administrator Neomi Rao to replace Brett Kavanaugh on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. All Republican senators voted in favor of Rao while all Democratic senators opposed her confirmation. President Trump nominated…
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DOJ asks SCOTUS to consider constitutional claim against census citizenship question
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) requested on March 11 that the U.S. Supreme Court weigh in on Judge Richard Seeborg’s constitutional claim challenging the addition of a citizenship question on the U.S. Census when it hears Department of Commerce v. New York in April 2019. Seeborg’s ruling was the second decision by a federal…
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Federal Register weekly update; 2019 page total trails 2018 page total by 1,964 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 March 4 to March 8, the number of pages in the Federal Register increased by 1,328 pages, bringing…
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Senate Judiciary Committee advances Rao’s nomination to D.C. Circuit
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-10 in a party-line vote on February 28 to advance OIRA Administrator Neomi Rao’s nomination to replace Brett Kavanaugh on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The vote took place less than a week after Senate Judiciary Committee member Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) raised…
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February 2019 OIRA review count; agency review roughly on a par with February 2018
In February 2019, the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) reviewed 23 significant regulatory actions issued by federal agencies. The agency approved the intent of 21 rules while recommending changes to their content. Agencies withdrew two rules from the review process. OIRA reviewed 20 significant regulatory actions in February 2018—three fewer…