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GAO Reports: Paperwork Reduction Act

A compendium of GAO Reports related to the Paperwork Reduction Act and information management policy.

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Reg Reform Meets Lochner

Feb 27, 2006 by Guest Blogger

Law professor and Center for Progressive Reform member scholar David Driesen has written a provocative paper comparing the positions of reg "reform" advocates with the anti-government attitudes of the architects of the Lochner era jurisprudence.

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What Others Are Saying About PART

OMB Watch is not alone in criticizing the White House's Program Assessment Rating Tool. See what others have had to say recently about this flawed measure. PART Punishes Programs for Following the Law Clay Johnson, OMB deputy director, when asked in a congressional hearing, "[I]s it possible for a program to get a poor rating simply because it does what's required by statute and not necessarily what OMB might like for that program to do?": Yes.

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Bush Budget Cuts Target EPA Libraries

President Bush's proposed budget for 2007 includes deep cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Library Network, which EPA staff and the public rely on for research, policy making and advocacy efforts. According to internal EPA documents, the proposed cuts would force the EPA to close its headquarters library, discontinue its Online Library System electronic catalogue, and shut the doors of many of the libraries operating in EPA's 10 regions.

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White House Pushes for Sunsets, Reorganization Power

The White House used its annual budget submission yet again as a platform to call for policies that would distort the management of government programs. Both the budget submission that was released Feb. 6 and the follow-up document detailing programs slated for elimination or deep cuts reiterated the White House's call for sunset and reorganization authority legislation.

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Foxes in the Henhouse: OSHA, MSHA Nominees Appear Pro-Industry, Anti-Worker

Employing an all-too-familiar strategy, the White House has put forward two industry-insiders as its nominees for the top posts at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).

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State, Local Officials Try to Halt Federal TRI Cutbacks

Numerous state and local governments are moving to strongly oppose the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposals to relax federal chemical reporting requirements under the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) program. In addition to comments criticizing the EPA proposal, there have been state legislation and city and county resolutions introduced to void EPA's proposed changes.

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Fatigued Driver in Fatal Crash

Feb 3, 2006 by Guest Blogger

The deadly crash that claimed the lives of seven children -- and then prompted the death of those children's grandfather, who had a fatal heart attack upon learning the news -- happened in Florida, but it will hit close to home for the Bush administration: The truck driver who plowed into a car near Lake Butler, Florida, on January 25 killing seven children in a fiery crash had little sleep in the 34 hours before the wreck, investigators revealed Friday.

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EPA's Vigorous Watchdog - Out

Feb 3, 2006 by Guest Blogger

From the Federal Times: IG resigns, decries executive pay system Environmental Protection Agency Inspector General Nikki Tinsley announced she will resign March 3 and cited the negative impact on inspectors general of the new performance-based pay system for senior executives.

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Increased Safety Standards Save Lives

Feb 3, 2006 by Guest Blogger

A new study has shown that lowering the height of SUVs by as little as half an inch and adding other safety features can cut the number of deaths of car passengers struck by SUVs by nearly 50 percent, saving 600 to 800 lives per year, if the standards are fully implemented. From the New York Times:

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