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Comment on President’s Executive Order Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review by Executive Order 13563 Published in January 21, 2011, Federal Register « Rulemaking

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 03:42:05 +0000

[...] 24th, 2011 § Leave a Comment On January 18, we reported that President Obama had issued an executive order “Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review”. Executive order 13563 was published in [...]

Comment on Proposed Legislative Veto of Virginia Administrative Rules by jdc

jdc — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:18:28 +0000

The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections failed to report this legislation by a 6-9 vote on February 17, 2009.

Comment on ACR Elects New Officers by jdc

jdc — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:23:49 +0000

Here is a link to the NASS press release regarding election of Administrative Codes and Registers section officers to serve from July 2008 to July 2010:

http://nass.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=326

Comment on Virginia Reinstates Administrative Law Advisory Committee by jdc

jdc — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:47:10 +0000

The Virginia Code Commission approved ALAC’s workplan on October 17, 2007, with one addition. The Commission asked ALAC to stay abreast of the progress of the Model State Administrative Procedure Act drafting committee.

Comment on Oregon’s Regulatory Streamlining Initiative by anotherjeff

anotherjeff — Mon, 01 May 2006 03:23:00 +0000

Bend.com is apparently down due to a fire, but a google for the same quote led to a press release at:http://www.oregon.gov/DCBS/news/streamlining_041305.pdf

Comment on GAO Electronic Rulemaking Report Released by Ken Hansen

Ken Hansen — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:38:00 +0000

Press: FCW.com — http://www.fcw.com/article91083-10-12-05-Web

Comment on Renting Movies More Important than Regulation? by Mike Broschinsky

Mike Broschinsky — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:58:00 +0000

Whether this is unacceptable or not rather depends upon one’s point of view. Extracting information from government has never been easy; quite frankly, extracting information from the private sector has never been easy either.The types of information Mr. Willis describes are made available for one purpose: to give the appearance of maximizing service so that the customer will return. Returning customers equal profit maximization. But are other types of corporate information easily available online? Can we view CEO salaries easily, downloand without difficulty the number of jobs the coporation has moved out of the country, the agreements amongst corporations to fix prices for a good or service? No. Why not? Because this type of information produces no profit, and damages the perception of the corporation among the public.There is no profit motive in government. There are no customers–government reinvention enthusiasts notwithstanding–in government. What is the motivation for government to make information freely available? The philisophical justification can be found in the epigraph to Ken’s blog, taken from Madison: “Knowledge will forever govern ignorance. . . .” But Madison’s statement presupposes two things: a people who wish to participate in their own government, and a government that wishes the people to participate. The sad reality today is that the people on the one hand have in many ways abdicated their governmental responsibilities and the government–all rhetoric aside–has been more than willing to allow this abdication.While I agree with the philosophical motivation, legislatures and executive offices are moved, so I believe, more by practical issues. What is the value of information dissemination to these bodies? What are the risks? Are the risks potentially greater than the tangible benefits?Too often we look to technology as a panacea for our ills. Is it unacceptable that citizens can track purchases more easily than regulations? Yes. But the question that must be asked is, “Does the citizen want to track regulations?” We do not, in fact, know the answer to this question; my suspicion is that the answer for the majority is “no.” And perhaps this is where our efforts should lie: in helping the citizen reawaken to his or her reponsibilities in the structure and function of their government.RSS is great. Information is useful. Information for information’s sake is not.

Comment on Renting Movies More Important than Regulation? by Jim Willis

Jim Willis — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:28:00 +0000

one more, sorry . . .Wikipedia entry on RSS

Comment on Renting Movies More Important than Regulation? by Jim Willis

Jim Willis — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:27:00 +0000

Thanks for the kind words ken!Here are some of the links I referenced in my presentation;http://www.ri.gov/rex/Tom Viall’s (RI.GOV) *excellent* RSS presentation

Comment on LegalXHTML for Structured Legal Documents on the Web by Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 13:55:00 +0000

The meeting on February 8th went well. John Richards introduced ACR as a participant in the process for developing standards for regulatory XML markup. This was just a beginning. Ron Medina, the lead for T-Rex has bought into the idea also. Will keep everyone posted.

Comment on ABA Admin. Law Section’s Mid-Winter Meeting Program Available by Ken Hansen

Ken Hansen — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:29:00 +0000

The Administrative and Regulatory Law Section sessions were well attended. Sessions included discussions of Utah’s Administrative Procedures Act (adjudications), guidance documents, and interstate compacts. Participants included Professor Peter Strauss, Honorable A. Raymond Randolph, Richard G. Stoll, Jennifer Newstead, Michael Buenger, Professor Molly Klapper, John Marshall, and our own Kent Bishop. Kudos to the section and the program chairs.

Comment on ACR Winter Meeting Scheduled by Jane Chaffin

Jane Chaffin — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 20:05:00 +0000

Here is the link to the winter conference tentative agenda: http://www.nass.org/acr/winter_2005.html