Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus took issue this week with arguments that regulatory excess can be "jobs-killing." But don't delays in investment have consequences? Marcus' column, "Sledgehammer Politics," or online, "Bad science around ‘job-killing regulations’," protested the use of... Continue Reading
President Obama today signed an executive order that, if pursued diligently, could bring useful coordination to federal oversight of hydraulic fracturing used in natural gas production. The executive order bears the title, "Supporting Safe and Responsible Development of Unconventional Domestic... Continue Reading
With Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Washington, D.C., today, it's timely to highlight a new report on Canada's adoption of federal policies have made the country more competitive, fiscally sound, and even a model for the United States. The report is "A Northern Tiger? Canada’s... Continue Reading
Cass Sunstein, administrator of OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, announced new guidance for executive branch agencies on Tuesday, instructing agencies to take into account the "cumulative effects" of regulations on affected parties. If the agencies seriously follow the guidance... Continue Reading
Reuters columnist John Kemp hits the mark in his observing that President Obama's rejection of the Keystone pipeline reflects larger problems with the U.S. regulatory process, creating economic uncertainty that hurts our country. From The Financial Post (Canada), "Keystone symbolises what is... Continue Reading