washingtonpost.com - The RegulatorsThe RegulatorsProposed Changes Elicit Chain Reactions- April 23, 2005 Proposed updates to Federal Trade Commission rules governing franchise operations have the potential for tipping the balance of power between the franchiser and franchisee.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64638-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Salt Institute's Case Shakes Up Preliminary Rulemaking- April 23, 2005 The Salt Institute has its blood pressure up. The group that represents 36 domestic and foreign salt producers is appealing its loss of a lawsuit that challenged the science a National Institutes of Health agency used in 2003 to recommend that lower...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6462-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_business/columns... Business Looks to Panel's New Leader for Relief- April 23, 2005 Rep. Candice S. Miller is a Republican from Michigan, where high-paying manufacturing jobs are disappearing. Now she is also chairman of a House subcommittee that she thinks can address part of the problem: the cost of regulation and whether some rules have outlived their usefulness and cost-effectiveness.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45457-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Progress of Rule Reviews Difficult to Track- April 23, 2005 Three years ago, the regulatory overseers at the new Bush administration's Office of Management and Budget invited suggestions on which federal rules needed some work. The results: OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs received 71 nominations for rules to review in 2001, 316 in 2002, and 189 in 2004 (OIRA did not solicit in 2003). Now, some of the business groups say they are frustrated that they cannot keep track of what has happened to their suggestions.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41535-2004Dec6.html?nav=rss_business/column... Model Planes May Soar at Former Superfund Sites- April 23, 2005 What comes to mind when you hear the word Superfund Nasty, abandoned toxic waste dumps An underfunded federal cleanup program Real estate that can't be given awayhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26674-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_business/column... Report Sheds Light on Changing Role of Regulation- April 23, 2005 The Bush administration's annual report on the costs and benefits of regulation can be read as a blueprint to an eight-year effort to substantially change the role of regulation in the federal government. Released just before Christmas, it lists 189 rules in the manufacturing sector that 41 different groups suggested were ripe for tweaking, removal or a new approach. That makes the report a prime source of intelligence on the priorities of Bush rules overseers.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34060-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Definition of 'Ditch' Is Muddy at Best- April 23, 2005 Everyone is digging his own ditch in this debate.Under the 1972 Clean Water Act, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have jurisdiction over whether a ditch qualifies to be protected as a wetland.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8362-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_business/column... Stocking Stuffers: Red Tape and American Caviar- April 23, 2005 Since it's the holiday season, the Regulators asked some of those who spend their days engrossed in the minutiae of the Federal Register to take a break and stuff some stockings with messages of goodwill for the new year.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15185-2004Dec20.html?nav=rss_business/colum... OMB to Reconsider Some Rules- April 23, 2005 Thomas M. Sullivan, who heads the Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy, is delighted with the recent announcement by the Bush administration that it would get cracking on an effort to make federal agencies more responsive to businesses and others who want to see changes or repeal of federal regulations.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55579-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_business/colum... A Red Light on Runway Incursion- April 23, 2005 The National Transportation Safety Board cites "runway incursion" -- close calls and near collisions on airport runways -- as one of the most intractable problems facing the transportation industry.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6152-2004Nov22.html?nav=rss_business/column... |