Steinzor: Reform OIRA / Cost-Benefit Analysis
The office of the 'regulatory czar' has been a "killing ground" for protective regulations, CPR's Rena Steinzor testifies. It's time for the czar to take a different role.

Clean Science Recommendations / Rescuing Science
Wendy Wagner and Rena Steinzor on how the President can clean up science policy, in an op-ed in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Austin American-Statesman and Baltimore Sun; and in a letter to the White House Science Advisor.

Flatt-Buzbee on Waxman-Markey / Climate Change
Victor Flatt and William Buzbee in the Houston Chronicle and Atlanta Journal-Constitution on how to improve the Waxman-Markey climate change bill.

Cost-Benefit Dodge Op-Ed / Sunstein-OIRA
CPR's Amy Sinden and Catherine O'Neill in the Philadelphia Inquirer on the failings of cost-benefit analysis and the choices facing Cass Sunstein and OIRA.

CPRBlog
05/29 Waxman's Food Safety Bill Would Go a Long Way Toward Fixing Regulatory Failures
05/28 Sharing the Catch
05/27 Drywall News Roundup
05/26 Fish Tales from West Virginia
05/22 Obama's Memo on Preemption -- Striking a Blow for Good Government

CPR Hot Topics

Truth About Torts: The Series
CPR White Papers explore the myths about tort reform, and the misuse of federal preemption.

CPR Board on OIRA and Reg Review
CPR Board Members Applegate, Glicksman, McGarity, Shapiro, Sinden, Steinzor and Verchick call for overhaul of regulatory review process -- replacing overreliance on cost-benefit analysis with "Pragmatic Regulatory Impact Analysis" and refocusing OIRA's duties away from centralized regulatory review and toward helping agencies accomplish their statutory regulatory obligations. Read a summary of their letter to OMB; or read the letter.

Cleaning Up the Chesapeake
CPR's new report, An Accountability Mechanism for the Chesapeake Bay: Interview Findings, makes specific accountability recommendations for states participating in efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. By Rena Steinzor and Shana Campbell Jones.

Clean Water Blueprint
The 1972 Clean Water Act was a landmark in the effort to protect the environment, and it has led to cleaner and safer water across the nation. But it's time for an update, according to CPR Member Scholar William Andreen.