Citizen Health & Safety

From Industry, a Big Push for Bad Regs

Dec 3, 2007 by Matthew Madia

In September, Reg•Watch blogged about a New York Times article highlighting a recent trend in which businesses are asking the federal government to regulate them. In some cases, the businesses' intentions seem good. In other cases, the requests may be nothing more than political maneuvering. An article in yesterday's Times revisits the latter of those two cases:

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Draft Guidance Would Create Drug Approval Loophole

Nov 30, 2007 by Matthew Madia

An investigation by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee shows that FDA is considering a new policy (which would take the form of a draft guidance document) that would allow drug companies to market unapproved use of pharmaceuticals by distributing journal articles. In a letter to FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach, Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) explains the problem:

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Comments on 2007 Draft Regulatory Accounting Report

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Comments on FDA's Conflict of Interest Guidance for Advisory Panels

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Testimony on Amending Executive Order 12866

Testimony of Gary Bass, Executive Director of OMB Watch, at the April 26, 2007 House Science and Technology Committee subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight hearing, "Amending Executive Order 12866: Good Governance or Regulatory Usurpation?: Part II"

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Testimony on Amending Executive Order 12866

Testimony of Rick Melberth, OMB Watch Director of Regulatory Policy, at the February 13, 2007 House Science and Technology Committee subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight hearing, "Amending Executive Order 12866: Good Governance or Regulatory Usurpation?"

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E.O. 13422: Unanswered and Unaccountable

On Jan. 18, 2007, President George W. Bush issued Executive Order 13422, which amends Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review. As of July 24, 2007, agencies are to be in full compliance with the changes. But despite great attention paid by Congress, the media and the public, little new information has surfaced. This analysis outlines the ways in which the American people remain in the dark about how these changes will influence the way our government operates.

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Politically Altered Endangered Species Decisions Will Be Revised

Nov 28, 2007 by Matthew Madia

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) will take a second look at seven endangered species decisions made by a former senior official, Julie MacDonald. MacDonald resigned her post in April after the Department of the Interior, of which FWS is a part, discovered she had been allowing political considerations to taint species protection decisions.

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Latest Analyses from OMB Watch

Nov 21, 2007 by Matthew Madia

Every two weeks, in OMB Watch's e-newsletter The Watcher, we analyze a few recent issues in regulatory policy. Here are the articles from the November 20 issue: More of the Same: Import Safety Panel Leaves Business in Charge The Bush administration's cabinet-level Interagency Working Group on Import Safety released its final report Nov. 6 on ways to improve the safety of food and consumer products imported into the U.S. The report calls for limited increases in some federal agencies' responsibilities but does little to change the current voluntary regulatory scheme for imports. Read more...

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Park Service Announces Yellowstone Snowmobile Policy

Nov 21, 2007 by Matthew Madia

Yesterday, the National Park Service (NPS) announced a limit on snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park. As expected, NPS will allow 540 snowmobiles per day. For at least a decade, the limit on snowmobiles in Yellowstone has been the subject of a pitched battle between conservationists and snowmobile advocates. Just before leaving office in Jan. 2001, the Clinton administration banned all snowmobile use in Yellowstone. The Bush administration was able to delay implementation until a federal court invalidated the ban in 2004 in a case brought by the snowmobile industry.

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