Political Interference

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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OIRA meets over Black Carp Rule

Aug 23, 2005 by Guest Blogger

Representatives from OIRA and Fish and Wildlife Services met with interested parties on July 7 to discuss a proposed rulemaking to add black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) to the list of injurious wildlife under the Lacey Act.

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OIRA Meetings with Industry, Senate

Aug 23, 2005 by Guest Blogger

On Tuesday August 9, Microsoft lobbyists met with OIRA, Department of Labor and Department of Homeland Security administrators to discuss labor certification for permanent employment of aliens in the U.S.
Also on August 9, pesticide manufacturers Bayer CropScience and Crop Life America met with EPA and OIRA to discuss protections for test subjects in human research.

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Easing Burdens on Scientific Evidence

Aug 21, 2005 by Guest Blogger

Be sure to catch the latest article from CPR member scholar Lisa Heinzerling, "Doubting Daubert, forthcoming in the Brooklyn Journal of Law & Policy. In Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the Supreme Court announced that it was liberalizing the rules on admissibility of expert scientific evidence by rejecting a requirement that such evidence be generally accepted in the scientific community. Daubert has had, Heinzerling notes, just the opposite effect from the one the Court said it intended. Among other reasons:

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2005 OIRA Regulatory Accounting Report

Downloads for OIRA’s 2005 annual regulatory accounting report: Draft report Final report

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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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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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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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