All Administrative Procedures Act articles
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Blog
CFTC seeks public input on Project KISS, simplifying rules
Taking its lead from a recent White House decree for other agencies, the CFTC is turning to the public for help in simplifying and modernizing its rules and their application.
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Blog
Bill would modernize Administrative Procedures Act
New legislation, the Regulatory Accountability Act, is a bipartisan effort to modernize the 70-year-old Administrative Procedures Act, the blueprint for creating federal regulations.
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Blog
Flurry of bills and proposals seek regulatory reform
With the arrival of summer, battles over the U.S. regulatory regime are heating up. Earlier his month, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) unveiled a plan “to replace the Dodd-Frank Act.” It is now supplemented by a slate of “economic growth bills” approved by the Financial Services Committee ...
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Article
High Court Ruling Is Boon for Regulators, Snare for Business
Image: Compliance officers worried about regulatory change, prepare yourself: The Supreme Court’s ruling to give agencies more leeway in re-interpreting rules does you no favors. Today’s estranged Washington politics means regulators are bound to try re-interpretation for the sake of expedient rulemaking, and CCOs will need to be vigilant. “This ...