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OMB Watch Welcomes Randy Rabinowitz as Director of Regulatory Policy

WASHINGTON, March 1, 2012—OMB Watch is proud to welcome Randy Rabinowitz as its next director of regulatory policy. She will begin work March 2. An expert on worker safety, administrative law, asbestos policy, and product liability issues, Rabinowitz brings a wealth of experience working on diverse aspects of the regulatory system.

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In New Report, OMB Watch Highlights Importance of Funding for Agencies that Promote Public Health and Safety

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 2012—Today, OMB Watch released a new report, Safeguarding the Public's Health and Safety: The President's FY 2013 Public Protections Funding Requests, that analyzes the parts of the president's FY 2013 budget request that support the agencies and programs crucial to protecting America’s public health and safety.

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House Attack on Public Protections Continues with Passage of the REINS Act

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2011—The House today passed the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY), represents an extreme attack on safeguards that protect our environment, food, children's toys, workplaces, health, civil rights, and economy.

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House Passes Regulatory Accountability Act in Attempt to Make It More Difficult to Protect the Public

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2011—Today, the House passed the so-called Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA), which was sponsored by Reps. Lamar Smith (R-TX) and Collin Peterson (D-MN). The bill, if passed by the Senate and signed by President Obama, would make it far more difficult to protect the public from environmental, health, safety, and economic hazards.

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OMB Watch Praises Presidential Memo on Modernizing Records Management

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28, 2011—OMB Watch praises President Obama for pushing federal agencies to create new records management systems that take advantage of digital technologies while protecting the public’s right to information about the actions and decisions of federal agencies. A Presidential Memorandum issued today directs agencies to report on their efforts to make better use of digital technologies and to bring government recordkeeping into the 21st century.

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OMB Watch Lauds End of Undemocratic "Super Committee"

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21—The so-called Super Committee announced today that it did not come to an agreement on deficit reduction. This should not be viewed as a failure. OMB Watch decried this undemocratic, unrepresentative, nontransparent process from its inception.

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Coalition for Sensible Safeguards: Regulatory Accountability Act Puts the Public in Harm’s Way

 WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2011—The Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA) (S. 1606/H.R. 3010) is a radical measure that would severely weaken laws that protect our health, safety and the environment. A new paper from the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards, Impacts of the Regulatory Accountability Act: Overturning 65 Years of Law and Leaving Americans Less Protected, reveals how the proposed bill would cripple the federal regulatory process, placing the public in harm’s way.

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House Judiciary Committee Attempts to Make It More Difficult to Protect the Public

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2011—Today, the House Judiciary Committee approved the so-called Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA). The bill is the second piece of regulatory process legislation approved by the committee in the past two weeks that would make it more difficult to protect the public from environmental, health, safety, and economic hazards.

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Plan Puts U.S. on the Cutting Edge of Open Government

 WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2011—President Barack Obama today announced the United States’ Open Government Partnership (OGP) plan to further strengthen the transparency and accountability of the federal government. OMB Watch praised the plan as an important step, not just for U.S. transparency, but also for raising the international profile of open government issues.

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With Regulatory Reviews Complete, Agencies Can Return to Enforcing Public Protections

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1, 2011—On Aug. 23, the Obama administration unveiled a set of anxiously awaited federal agency review plans designed to uncover and remove outdated or ineffective rules, as mandated by a January executive order. OMB Watch, a nonpartisan research and advocacy group that seeks to improve government processes and outcomes, today released an analysis of the agency plans.

 

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