Celebrating #GWGivingDay w/ CCAS Dean Wahlbeck, RSC Director Roger Nober, Ellen M. Granberg Granberg, longtime friends & supporters of the GW Regulatory Studies Center Center Prof. Howard + Char Beales, RSC founder Susan Dudley, and @GWTrachtenberg Director Mary Tschirhart. give.gwu.edu/gw-giving-day-…

As FRA finalizes rule mandating two-person crews for freight rail, recall Susan Dudley op-ed from 2023: FRA's rule is neither data-driven nor evidence-based. Data analysis found no evidence two-person crews are statistically safer than one-person crews.
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Help GW Regulatory Studies Center continue Jerry's legacy and double your impact thanks to a generous match from his wife and daughter! #GWGivingDay

On this #GWGivingDay , April 3-4, expand your impact with a matched gift to the Jerry Ellig Memorial Fund for Applied Policy Analysis. Jerry’s widow, Sandy Chiong, and daughter, Kat Ellig, will match dollar for dollar all donations up to $5,000.
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Highlights from our latest Update: Announcing a June 5 forum on regulation by enforcement of crypto; Gutting Chevron Deference would likely put more emphasis on adjudication; Heads-up for GW Giving Day April 3-4; and more t.e2ma.net/webview/sxl4yh…

In this issue: USDA amends eviction notification for multi-family housing programs. Exec Order advances women’s health research. SSA removes food from In-Kind Support and Maintenance calculations. Plus, regulation news & commentary for the week.
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In this issue: EPA finalizes emissions rule for EV transition, bans last type of asbestos still in use. CPSC to examine e-bike injury risk. USDA amends ‘made in the USA’ label rule. Plus, regulation news & commentary for the week.
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RSC Director Roger Nober posits that if the Supreme Court limits or overturns the longstanding Chevron Deference doctrine, we will likely see a phase of regulation by adjudication as agencies adapt and build on their authority in the adjudicatory area.
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Enjoyed hearing from Lisa Robinson of Harvard, OIRA's Dom Mancini, our own Mark Febrizio, & Jonathan Wiener of Duke at SBCA SBCA Annual Mtg this week. Their panel recapping OIRA Modernizing Regulatory Review provided great insights into the hows / whys of the reforms.

For more insights on the CRA Lookback procedure and how it works, check out latest commentary and podcast from RSC's Sarah Hay
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Federal agencies know they’re in a race against the CRA 'lookback' clock to complete Biden’s regulatory priorities. RSC Scholar Susan Dudley was keenly aware of CRA deadline as OIRA administrator in the George Bush White House, she tells E&E News
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It’s on my calendar. What a lineup!

So pleased to welcome Roger Nober for his first week as director the GW Regulatory Studies Center Center!

In this issue: The NAM finds regulation burden costs $3 trillion. GSA proposes eliminating single-use plastic packaging from acquisition rules. U.S. Department of Labor seeks input on modernizing Schedule A foreign labor certification, and more.
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Zoey Zhoudan (Zoey) Xie provides a great summary of the latest President Biden regulatory agenda GW Regulatory Studies Center

The Fall 2023 Unified Agenda contains a total of 3,599 agency actions, including 304 “section 3(f)(1) significant” actions. New GW Regulatory Studies Center commentary: regulatorystudies.columbian.gwu.edu/bidens-fall-20…

Need a succinct analysis of the changes between draft & final Circular A-4? The GW Regulatory Studies Center team has you covered. Thank you Mark Febrizio Sarah Hay Zhoudan (Zoey) Xie!

Structural Challenges Loom for Biden’s Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence, says @GWLaw Assoc Dean and Regulatory Studies scholar Aram Gavoor. Read his quick take GW Regulatory Studies Center #AI .
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Today's The Regulatory Review essay by fmr SBCA SBCA presidents advocates for changes to Office of Management and Budget #CircularA4 rooted in best avail. economic science.
Susan Dudley, Lisa A Robinson, Kip Viscusi, Joe Cordes, Don Kenkel, Clark Nardinelli, Craig Thornton
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I just learned that GWTrachtenberg’s Stephanie Cellini coauthored a paper with The Nobel Prize Claudia Goldin! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…