Susan Dudley

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2019, photo, the Kingston Fossil Plant stands near a waterway in Kingston, Tenn. The Trump administration will let some leaking or otherwise dangerous coal ash storage ponds stay in operation for years more and some unlined ponds stay open indefinitely under a rule change announced Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. In 2008, the six-story-tall dike on a massive coal ash pond at the Tennessee plant collapsed, releasing more than a billion gallons of coal ash into the Swan Pond community. It remains the largest industrial spill in modern U.S. history and prompted the 2015 regulations that were intended to increase oversight of the industry. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Measuring the Trump administration’s goal of decreasing agency regulations

A signature initiative of the Trump administration was the removal of what agency heads considered excessive or outdated regulations.

Agency Oversight

Helpful guidance or ‘bureaucratic abuse?’ Implementation is key for Trump’s new executive orders

Management

Macro photo of tooth wheels with COMPLIANCE, REGULATIONS, STANDARDS, POLICIES and RULES words imprinted on metal surface

Acting OIRA head looks to ensure ‘government speaks with one voice’ on regulations

Agency Oversight

OMB’s regulatory review is creating a backlog of cyber standards

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