Setting and Enforcing Regulations

Feb 8, 2016

Top 400 Taxpayers See Tax Rates Rise, But There’s More to the Story

As Americans were gathering party supplies to greet the New Year, the Internal Revenue Service released their annual report of cumulative tax data reported on the 400 tax r...

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Feb 4, 2016

Chlorine Bleach Plants Needlessly Endanger 63 Million Americans

Chlorine bleach plants across the U.S. put millions of Americans in danger of a chlorine gas release, a substance so toxic it has been used as a chemical weapon. Greenpeace’s new repo...

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Jan 25, 2016

U.S. Industrial Facilities Reported Fewer Toxic Releases in 2014

The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data for 2014 is now available. The good news: total toxic releases by reporting facilities decreased by nearly six percent from 2013 levels. Howe...

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Jan 22, 2016

Methane Causes Climate Change. Here's How the President Plans to Cut Emissions by 40-45 Percent.

UPDATE (Jan. 22, 2016): Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its proposed rule to reduce methane emissions...

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2004 OIRA Regulatory Accounting Report

Downloads for OIRA’s 2004 annual regulatory accounting report: Draft report Final report

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2003 OIRA Regulatory Accounting Report

Downloads for OIRA’s 2003 annual regulatory accounting report: Draft report Final report

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2002 OIRA Regulatory Accounting Report

Downloads for OIRA’s 2002 annual regulatory accounting report: Draft report Final report

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2001 OIRA Regulatory Accounting Report

Download OIRA’s 2001 final annual regulatory accounting report.

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2000 OIRA Regulatory Accounting Report

Download OIRA’s 2000 final annual regulatory accounting report, and accompanying charts.

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1998 OIRA Regulatory Accounting Report

Download OIRA’s 1998 final annual regulatory accounting report.

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1997 OIRA Regulatory Accounting Report

Download OIRA’s 1997 final annual regulatory accounting report.

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Testimony on Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis Creation Act

Statement of Gary D. Bass, Ph.D. Executive Director OMB Watch Before the Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs of the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight On Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis Creation Act March 11, 1998 My name is Gary Bass and I am executive director of OMB Watch, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization that works to encourage greater civic participation in federal decision-making and promote a more open, responsive, and accountable government.

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Testimony on Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis Creation Act

Statement of Gary D. Bass, Ph.D. Executive Director OMB Watch Before the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Paperwork Reduction of the House Committee on Small Business On Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis Creation Act July 10, 1997 My name is Gary Bass and I am executive director of OMB Watch, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization that works to encourage greater civic participation in government decision-making and promote a more open, responsive, and accountable federal government.

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OIRA meets over MSHA Diesel Rule

Aug 12, 2005 by Guest Blogger

OIRA and the Department of Labor met with representatives from the National Mining Association, FMC Corporation (a major chemical producer), as well as a lobbyist from Patton Boggs over the Mine Safety and Health Administration's diesel rule.

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