The United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) seeks comment on proposed amendments to regulations on “nondiscrimination” in “programs” or “activities” conducted by the USDA. This notice of proposed rulemaking aims to “clarify the roles and responsibilities” of the USDA’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (“OASCR”) and USDA agencies in “enforcing nondiscrimination” in […]
On Friday, January 10, 2014 the Section will host a webinar entitled NLRB v. Noel Canning: The President, Congress, and the Power to Make Recess Appointments. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in NLRB v. Noel Canning on January 13, 2014. The webinar will discuss the issues before the Court, featuring […]
The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) seeks input on proposed rules guiding “tax-exempt social welfare organizations” on “political activities related to candidates” that will not be recognized as the promotion of “social welfare.” Currently, a group that “primarily” participates in activities that “promote social welfare” can be recognized as operating “exclusively for the promotion of social […]
The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) seeks comment on proposed rules implementing the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (“CVAA”). In this Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making (“FNPRM”), the FCC seeks input on issues regarding the implementation of Sections 204 and 205 of the CVAA. Sections 204 and 205, generally charge the […]
On October 28, 2013, New York University’s Institute for Policy Integrity hosted its Fifth Annual Cost-Benefit Analysis & Issue Advocacy Workshop. One highlight was an afternoon panel reflecting on the consequences of Executive Order 12866 of 1993, which reaffirmed and expanded on the Reagan Administration’s requirement that significant executive agency regulations be subject to cost-benefit […]
The Corporation for National and Community Service (“CNCS”) issued a notice document seeking input on “proposed revised enrollment and exit forms” called “National Service Trust Enrollment Form and National Service Trust Exit Form.”AmeriCorps members and program staff use these forms to enroll in the “National Service Trust” and to “document the completion of AmeriCorps member’s […]
On October 28, 2013, New York University’s Institute for Policy Integrity hosted its Fifth Annual Cost-Benefit Analysis & Issue Advocacy Workshop. One highlight was an afternoon panel reflecting on the consequences of Executive Order 12866 of 1993, which reaffirmed and expanded on the Reagan Administration’s requirement that significant executive agency regulations be subject to cost-benefit […]
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) seeks comment on a proposed interpretive rule providing “principles” and “guidelines” for the content and form of “voluntary recall notices.” Companies issue recall notices per “corrective action plans” under Section 15 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (“CPSA”). Current rules require “notice to the public” of the corrective action […]
Meet Tasheaya Ellison, a senior tax attorney at Shell Oil Company. Below, she shares her career path, advice for attorneys considering a career in administrative law, and thoughts on how to approach the rulemaking process. 1. What led you to a career in law? I have wanted to be an attorney since I was 6 […]
On October 28, 2013, New York University’s Institute for Policy Integrity hosted its Fifth Annual Cost-Benefit Analysis & Issue Advocacy Workshop. One highlight was an afternoon panel reflecting on the consequences of Executive Order 12866 of 1993, which reaffirmed and expanded on the Reagan Administration’s requirement that significant executive agency regulations be subject to cost-benefit […]
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Board”), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), the Farm Credit Administration (“FCA”), and the National Credit Union Administration (“NCUA”) (collectively, the “Agencies”) seek input on proposed amendments to regulations on loans in “areas having special flood hazards” in order […]
On October 28, 2013, New York University’s Institute for Policy Integrity hosted its Fifth Annual Cost-Benefit Analysis & Issue Advocacy Workshop. One highlight was an afternoon panel reflecting on the consequences of Executive Order 12866 of 1993, which reaffirmed and expanded on the Reagan Administration’s requirement that significant executive agency regulations be subject to cost-benefit […]
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“Commission”) seeks comment on a proposed regulation amendment that would require “all persons registered” with the Commission as “introducing brokers (“IBs”), commodity pool operators (“CPOs”), and commodity trading advisors (“CTAs”)” to join and maintain membership in “at least one registered futures association (“RFA”).” The proposed amendment would remove existing gaps […]
On October 28, 2013, New York University’s Institute for Policy Integrity hosted its Fifth Annual Cost-Benefit Analysis & Issue Advocacy Workshop. One highlight was an afternoon panel reflecting on the consequences of Executive Order 12866 of 1993, which reaffirmed and expanded on the Reagan Administration’s requirement that significant executive agency regulations be subject to cost-benefit […]
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