Joe Mont

The SEC has announced the new rate for fees that public companies and other issuers pay to register their securities. The rate, for fiscal year 2018, is $124.50 per million dollars.

The Competitive Enterprise Institute has responded to a White House Executive Order with new proposals to redraft and refocus regulatory agencies. Eliminating the SEC and FDIC are among the not-so-modest proposals.

CMS, the agency that administers Medicare and other health insurance programs, is talking to medical professonals in an effort to reduce burdensome and unecessary rules, says Administrator Seema Verma.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt appears in a new video that urges the nation’s cattlemen to support and comment on a proposal to repeal the controversial Waters of the United States rule.

The National Infrastructure Advisory Council, a cyber-security task force that advises the White House, says national cyber-security efforts are “falling short,” in a new report. It provides recommendations for both the public and private sectors.

Pressured by allegations of conflicts of interest, billionaire investor Carl Icahn has resigned from his role as a special advisor to President Donald Trump on deregulatory efforts.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has released new guidance intended “to spur community revitalization” with the prudent and appropriate use of  higher-loan-to-value lending.