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A review of federal efforts to improve citizen experience and reduce administrative burden

No American would stand on a soapbox and shout out how easy it is to deal with the federal government. A small office deep within the White House apparatus…

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Trump’s first anti-regulation agenda wins favor with federal contractors

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OMB’s Mulvaney: Agency’s budget increase will help with reorganization responsibilities

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Administration’s management agenda comes into view

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Trump nominates two to fill key OMB roles and a new Army secretary

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Senator pushes back against lack of transparency, accountability in regulatory process

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FILE - This Feb. 19, 2014, file photo, shows WhatsApp and Facebook app icons on a smartphone in New York. The government’s fight with Apple over an encrypted iPhone may be the first of many battles in a broader war over who gets access to individuals’ data, as more tech companies offer encrypted messaging and other services. WhatsApp, the globally popular messaging system owned by Facebook, has already run into trouble with Brazilian authorities, who arrested a Facebook executive earlier in March 2016 after the company said it had no way to unscramble a user’s encrypted messages. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

Rise of tweets, self-deleting encrypted messages concern lawmakers

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Immigration and confirmations mark week three

Battling on both the judicial and immigration fronts, the Trump administration over the past week faced a legal setback to its action on immigration from…

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New executive order creates a ‘budget for regulations’

President Donald Trump signed an executive order further taking aim at what the administration calls the regulatory burden on businesses and citizens.

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Federal rules agency lagging in accountability, transparency, lawmakers say

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator Howard Shelanski defended his office against claims from House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members that OIRA doesn’t do enough to communicate with other agencies and with the general public.

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