AI Regulation and Federalism: What the Moratorium (That Wasn’t) Debate Revealed
Tech policy expert and researcher Tambudzai Gundani discusses how efforts to adopt a state-level moratorium against policies regulating artificial intelligence (AI) would help ensure consistency, prevent legal fragmentation, and allow Congress time to develop a comprehensive national framework. Read Gundani's full commentary at our website.
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Lack of Coordination Threatens Environmental Policy
Senior Policy Analyst Finn Dobkin discusses rulemaking authority of the Council on Environmental Quality and coordination across federal agencies to disclose environmental impacts of development projects. Without interagency and intergovernmental cooperation under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), environmental outcomes will suffer. Read Finn's essay at The Regulatory Review.
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Congress Reviewed: The 119th Congress's Use of the Congressional Review Act
Policy Analyst Sarah Hay discusses the Congressional Review Act and actions taken by the 119th Congress to exercise its oversight of regulations from the prior administration. Important differences are compared to the 115th Congress's use of CRA during the last presidential transition year. Read Sarah's commentary at our website.
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Mary Sullivan on Anticompetitive Rules
Visiting Scholar and economist Mary Sullivan shares insights from her recent public comment submitted in response to the Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force of the Department of Justice. Sullivan made recommendations for keeping a level playing field between large and small businesses through the use of a tiered adjustment to compliance burdens based on company size. Read the full text of Mary's public comment.
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Trump Administration Ramps Up Deregulatory Actions Early in Second Term
Susan Dudley recaps the regulatory actions taken during the early weeks of the second Trump term. Milestones include a pause to all rulemakings in progress, a delay of effective dates, and rescinding Biden's guidance to agencies for conducting regulatory impact analysis. Going forward, Dudley expects a slowdown in the number of rulemakings but the process will continue to be central to the administration's regulatory reductions. Read more atNew Trump Executive Order Aims To Speed Deregulation.
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