OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) is instructing federal agencies to evaluate hundreds of regulatory recommendations submitted by outside parties -- which not surprisingly, turned out to be mostly industry groups and trade associations. Most of these recommendations present only one side of the argument, which can leave a misleading impression. In a series of articles spotlighting a number of case examples, OMB Watch attempts to present the other side. These articles include:

• Coast Guard to Reconsider Protections Against Port Explosions
• OSHA to Reconsider Recordkeeping for Ergonomic Injuries
• Postal Service to Reconsider Fraud Protection
• FCC to Reconsider Emergency 911 Services for Hard-of-Hearing
• HHS to Revisit Medical Privacy Protections