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• By: Ryan Young
• 06/05/2017

After a lengthy delay, several Obama-era rules are starting to come into effect, especially energy-use rules ranging from refrigerators to ceiling fans.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/15/2017

The number of new final regulations this year passed the one-thousand mark. While many of the new rules are delays or repeals of older rules,…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/08/2017

Another droll week on the regulatory front, with new rules ranging from UHF television to restaurant menus.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/01/2017

While most of the week’s new final regulations are either routine or procedural, they still range from rural phone calls to airplane batteries.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/24/2017

The Federal Register continues its slow march to the 20,000-page mark, but is still on pace for lowest page total since 1993.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/17/2017

The 2017 Federal Register had another sub-thousand page week, though it is still already more than 18,000 pages long.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/10/2017

Things remain slow on the regulatory front, with a large chunk of new rules being routine safety-zone and drawbridge scheduling regulations from the Coast Guard.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/03/2017

There were 63 final regulations and 28 proposed regulations last week, but again, few of them amounted to much. We’ll have more to say on…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/27/2017

The Trump administration’s 60-day regulatory freeze is now over, but many of this week’s new regulations are simply extensions of previous delays. So despite a…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/20/2017

Starting this week, many late-Obama administration regulations delayed by the Trump administration’s 60-day freeze will come into effect.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/13/2017

It was another slow week for new regulations, but busy times are on their way. A slew of delayed regulations will come into effect on…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/06/2017

As the regulatory freeze marches on, most new regulations coming out are garden-variety FAA airworthiness directives and Coast Guard drawbridge and safety zone rules.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 02/27/2017

43 new regulations last week, from toddler beds to potato proteins.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 02/13/2017

The White House regulatory freeze continues, and a wide range of recent rules, big and small, have been delayed until late March.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 01/23/2017

The final pre-inauguration Federal Register was 1,464 pages long. A normal day’s edition is roughly 300 pages. Since there is a lag time of a…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 01/17/2017

In a mere nine working days, the 2017 Federal Register has nearly reached 5,000 pages; the midnight hour approaches.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 01/09/2017

The midnight regulatory rush continues, with more than 2,100 Federal Register pages, despite a four-day work week, along with 51 proposed regulations and 52 final…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/28/2016

As the Obama administration heads into its home stretch, agencies passed new rules ranging from gloves to canned vegetables.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/19/2016

On Tuesday the 2016 Federal Register topped 90,000 pages for the first time ever, and continues to extend its page-count record every day.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/16/2016

Here are three they should pursue in the new administration’s first hundred days.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/12/2016

The 2016 Federal Register will likely top 90,000 pages next week for the first time ever.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/05/2016

As the Federal Register climbed above 87,000 pages for the first time in its 81-year history, agencies issued new rules ranging from landfills to movie…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/28/2016

Thanksgiving week was a busy one, with new regulations ranging from potatoes to royalties.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/18/2016

On November 17, the 2016 Federal Register set an all-time record page count—an impressive feat for a document that has been published continuously since 1936.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/15/2016

CEI released a new report today about the REINS Act, which would require Congress to vote on all new executive branch regulations costing more than…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/14/2016

Veterans Day made it a short work week, but agencies still filled more than 1,300 Federal Register pages with rules ranging from trailer tires to…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 10/24/2016

The number of new federal regulations passed the 3,000 mark last week, and the Federal Register continues its record pace.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 10/17/2016

Federal regulators enjoyed a short work week due to Columbus Day, but still published more than 1,300 Federal Register pages with new regulations ranging from…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 10/03/2016

The Export-Import Bank’s supporters and beneficiaries very nearly scored a major victory last week. Ex-Im, as it’s called for short, was shut down for about…

Trade and International

• By: Ryan Young
• 10/03/2016

It was a busy week, with Friday’s Federal Register alone containing 52 final regulations and 809 pages.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/29/2016

In one of their busiest weeks to date, agencies passed more than a hundred new regulations covering everything from rubies to frogs.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/16/2016

88 new regulations last week, from poultry improvement to nuclear philosophy.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/28/2016

Lord knows. But the Republican Party’s new platform which contains planks on such pressing issues as “Protection Against an Electromagnetic Pulse (p. 54),” also has…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/06/2016

Last week’s Federal Register fell short of 2,000 pages, mainly because it was a four-day work week due the Memorial Day holiday. While the Federal…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/31/2016

The Congressional Review Act deadline for the possible midnight regulation rush has now likely passed, though the Federal Register once again topped 2,000 pages last week. That…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/23/2016

As mentioned earlier, something of a regulatory midnight rush is happening right now. The Federal Register topped 2,000 pages for the third time in four weeks—a rare…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/18/2016

The Labor Department has just issued a new regulation for overtime pay for salaried employees. Under the new rule, all salaried workers earning less than…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/17/2016

An early midnight rush of controversial new regulations might be on the way over the next week or so. Why now instead of the very…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/16/2016

The Federal Register broke the 30,000-page barrier last week, with new regulations covering everything from baked beans to e-cigarettes. On to the data: Last week, 58 new…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/09/2016

The brand new 2016 edition of Clyde Wayne Crews, Jr.’s Ten Thousand Commandments report is out now. You can read it here. If you…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/09/2016

After a slow start, 2016 is back to a normal regulatory pace. The Federal Register is on a nearly 80,000-page pace, and the number of new rules…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/02/2016

As the Federal Register passed the 25,000-page mark, new rules for the week ranged from fluorescent lamps to disaffected youth. On to the data: Last week, 65…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/25/2016

The number of new final regulations in 2016 passed the 1,000 mark on Friday. Last week’s new rules cover everything from semipostal stamps to vapor…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/18/2016

As the number of new regulations in 2016 threatens the 1,000 mark, new rules cover everything from rural broadband to flatfish. On to the data:…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/11/2016

Minimum wages help some workers, but only at other workers’ expense. Whether or not these tradeoffs are worth it is for each individual to decide.

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/11/2016

Another Friday meant another 699-page Federal Register, which now exceeds 20,000 pages on the year. The big news is a fiduciary rule for retirement planning, but…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/04/2016

The week ended with precisely 800 new final regulations on the year, with new rules covering everything from chairs to obesity. On to the data:…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/28/2016

Friday’s Federal Register, the last before the Easter holiday, contained 1,005 pages, 14 final regulations, nine proposed regulations, and an impressive 119 agency notices. New rules…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/21/2016

Along with nearly four dozen proposed regulations, new final regulations from the last week cover everything from cable boxes to Texas grapefruit. On to the…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/14/2016

It was just another week in the world of federal regulation, with new rules covering everything from Nixon’s archives to black bears. On to the…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/07/2016

After several years and multiple lawsuits, the TSA deigned to issue a formal rule for its use of full-body scanners. CEI’s Marc Scribner finds that the…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 02/29/2016

As the 2016 Federal Register passed the 10,000-page mark, new regulations cover everything from salmon to wine. On to the data: Last week, 67 new final regulations…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 02/22/2016

It was a short work week in Washington due to George Washington’s Birthday, also known as President’s Day. Even so, federal agencies still published new…

Regulatory Reform