by jpitney | Dec 27, 2020 | Coronavirus, Federalism, Regulation
Shoshana Weissmann and Courtney Joslin at R Street: While states are increasingly embracing the value of occupational licensing reciprocity, recognition and compacts, it is still difficult for medical professionals to work across state lines and go where needed....
by jpitney | Oct 9, 2020 | Law, Madison, Regulation
Federalist 62: To trace the mischievous effects of a mutable government would fill a volume. I will hint a few only, each of which will be perceived to be a source of innumerable others. In the first place, it forfeits the respect and confidence of other...
by jpitney | May 19, 2020 | Regulation, Transparency
From the Government Accountability Office: The public comment process: Agencies engage in three basic phases during the rulemaking process under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA): 1) they process comments submitted by the public, which may include identifying...
by jpitney | Nov 7, 2019 | Bureaucracy, Regulation, Uncategorized
A growing problem: fraudulent comments on regulatory dockets at federal agencies, some using what appear to be stolen identities posted by computers programmed to pile comments onto the dockets. Findings of Fact by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations:...
