Regulation News

EPA’s Gasoline Proposal Seeks Pollution Reductions, Higher Costs
Mar 29, 2013
| Sam Batkins

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a rule to curb sulfur emissions in gasoline.  The proposal, so-called Tier-3, would cut sulfur levels by more than 60 percent, or down to 10 parts per million.  The resulting pollution decreases aim to cut smog and improve the efficiency of passenger vehicles. 

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The Week in Regulation: March 25-29
Mar 29, 2013
| Sam Batkins

The administration added $215 million in regulatory costs this week, and published 1.7 million paperwork burden hours.  Ten different regulations imposed costs, with six measures imposing paperwork hours.   

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Strategies for Manufacturing's Skilled Worker Gap
Mar 26, 2013
| Thomas A. Hemphill

Following the release of a report on the nation’s manufacturing employee skills gap by The Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte in October 2011, concern among American manufacturers has focused on how to resolve this seemingly persistent human capital problem.  The good news is that there are nationwide human resource development initiatives now underway to address this manufacturing sector employee skills gap.  In this report, we describe some of the key training initiatives that have emerged recently to close the critical skills gap.  To address the more immediate short-ter

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The Affordable Care Act at 3: Big Cost Burden, Big Consumer Impact
Mar 25, 2013
| Sam Batkins

As the Affordable Care Act (ACA) celebrates its third anniversary, the law has already imposed $21 billion in private-sector burdens, $9.8 billion in unfunded state liabilities, and 111 million paperwork burden hours.  When the American Action Forum (AAF) reviewed the law’s regulatory impact last year, the ACA had imposed a combined cost of $12.4 billion and 50 million hours, meaning in the last year the administration has more than doubled the cost of implementation and

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Genachowski’s Tenure Filled with Regulatory Burdens
Mar 25, 2013
| Dan Goldbeck

On Friday, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski announced his resignation. Originally a member of President Obama’s transition team, Chairman Genachowski was appointed to the position in the summer of 2009. Much of his record reflects the administration’s priorities on communications and technology issues.

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