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Groups Urge Transparency in Health Care Reform Implementation

Nov 4, 2009 by Matthew Madia

Twenty groups, including OMB Watch, have sent a letter calling on Congress to include accountability and transparency provisions in any health care reform legislation. Specifically, the groups focused on federal advisory committees – panels that will provide critical advice on health care issues if legislation is passed. The groups represent a wide variety of public interest issues.

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Slow Pace of Regulation Takes Toll on Health and Environment

Nov 3, 2009 by Matthew Madia

The Center for Progressive Reform (CPR) released a report last week titled, “The Hidden Human and Environmental Costs of Regulatory Delay.” The report looks at three case examples, mercury pollution, ship ballast water discharges, and crane and derrick safety.

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EPA Begins Asking for Data on Chemicals’ Endocrine Effects

Oct 30, 2009 by Matthew Madia

This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began sending out test orders under its Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP). EPA is asking chemical manufacturers to screen certain chemicals to determine whether they are endocrine disruptors – a term used to categorize any compound capable of causing certain reproductive and developmental abnormalities.

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Congress Chooses Ignorance on GHG Emissions

Oct 30, 2009 by Brian Turnbaugh*

Congress yesterday passed a FY 2010 appropriations measure for environmental agencies that exempts factory farms from having to track and report their greenhouse gas emissions. The exemption applies to a rule issued in September by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requiring thousands of large facilities economy-wide to monitor and report their emissions.

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Rule Allowing Truckers to Spend More Time behind the Wheel Will Be Revised

Oct 28, 2009 by Matthew Madia

Check off another one of the Bush administration’s midnight regulations that will be changed by the Obama administration.

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White House Seeking Comment on Information Policy

Oct 27, 2009 by Matthew Madia

The White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs is asking the public for ideas on ways to improve the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) – the 29-year-old law that governs federal information collection, dissemination, and management. In a notice in today’s Federal Register, the White House announces the opening of a 60 day public comment period.

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EPA Moving Fast to Revise Ozone Standard

Oct 26, 2009 by Matthew Madia

The Environmental Protection Agency is readying a replacement for the current national air quality standard for ozone, or smog, which was roundly fouled up during the Bush administration.

Last Wednesday (Oct. 21), EPA sent to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) – the gatekeeper for all things regulatory – a draft version of a new notice of proposed rulemaking. That notice will propose revisions to the ozone standard finalized in March 2008.

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Turning Back the Clock on Bush Midnight Rules

Oct 23, 2009 by Matthew Madia

Today, OMB Watch released a report highlighting the ways the Obama administration has dealt with midnight regulations left by the Bush administration:

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Update on Labor Department Nominees

Oct 22, 2009 by Matthew Madia

Yesterday, the Senate confirmed Joe Main to serve as the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health. Main was a long-time safety official at the United Mine Workers Association.

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While Industry Attacks OSHA Nominee, Dems Bypass Hearing

Oct 20, 2009 by Matthew Madia

Tomorrow morning, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee is scheduled to vote on the nomination of David Michaels, President Obama’s pick to head the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Michaels nomination was not subject to a confirmation hearing, though he did meet individually with some Senators, according to E&E Daily (subscription).

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