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May 21, 2013, 12:30 pm
By
Julian Hattem
Legislators on the Senate Budget Committee gave a warm welcome to President Obama's nominee for deputy budget director on Tuesday.
Republicans on the panel did not show up to question or oppose Brian Deese, Obama's choice for second in command at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Deese pledged to bring renewed transparency to the regulatory structure, and Democratic lawmakers praised his focus on fiscal soundness and durable economic growth.
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Personnel Notes, Budget, Other
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May 21, 2013, 11:30 am
By
Jeremy Herb
The court ruled that the CIA does not
have to release photos of Osama bin Laden’s corpse to the public.
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Policy & Strategy, Court Battles
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May 21, 2013, 11:25 am
By
Julian Hattem
“We've found that the FEMA requirements ... seem to be a constantly moving target," said the city of Moore, Okla.
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Other
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May 21, 2013, 11:16 am
By
Ben Geman
The bipartisan leadership of the House Natural Resources Committee wants the Interior Department to slow down development of revised rules unveiled last week to regulate oil and gas “fracking” on public lands.
The request to quadruple the public comment period from 30 days to 120 days underscores dissatisfaction with the proposal on the left and right, although not for the same reasons.
“We jointly believe that this [30-day] timeframe is unacceptable and not nearly long enough to allow the public to formulate in-depth and constructive comments on this 171 page, complicated rule,” Reps. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) wrote in a new letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell.
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Energy & Environment, E2-Wire, Energy/Environment
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May 21, 2013, 10:08 am
By
Julian Hattem
Wednesday's Federal Register will announce a number of advisory committees' meetings in the coming weeks. Here they are:
A Legal Services Corporation committee will hold a conference call on May 28 to discuss fundraising policies and other business.
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Other
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May 21, 2013, 9:35 am
By
Julian Hattem
A couple of new rules are scheduled to be published in Wednesday's Federal Register affecting defense acquisitions, animal drugs and everything in between. Here they are:
Plants and animals:
The Environmental Protection Agency is establishing a limit for the plant hormone 1-naphthaleneacetic acid on a variety of fruits.
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Pending Regs
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May 21, 2013, 8:13 am
By
Ben Goad
The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) is preparing to decide which large nonbank companies will fall under increased regulation following the Great Recession, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The chairman of the panel, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, is set to brief the Senate Banking Committee on the FSOC’s work and the state of the economy. But The National Journal reports that the focus of the hearing is likely to turn to the ongoing scandal at the Internal Revenue Service.
Net neutrality regulations could actually undermine the openness of the Internet, according to The Washington Post.
Opinion: Newly unveiled rules on hydraulic fracturing do not go far enough to ensure water supplies are protected from chemicals, The Salt Lake Tribune opines.
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Finance
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May 20, 2013, 6:31 pm
By
Megan R. Wilson
Green groups have used “sue and settle” tactics to force more than 100 new rules from President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency, according to a new Chamber of Commerce study released Monday.
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E2-Wire, Energy/Environment
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May 20, 2013, 5:42 pm
By
Julian Hattem
Government regulations have not made sunscreen safer or more effective for consumers, a new report finds.
The Environmental Working Group's (EWG) annual analysis of sunscreen products found that rules out of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have not improved protection from the sun's rays.
"EWG’s analysis of 750 beach and sport sunscreens found that the new FDA rules have not led to dramatically better sunscreens than those offered in previous years," the organization said in a statement announcing the study.
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Other
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May 20, 2013, 5:06 pm
By
Ben Goad
This week’s debate over the $955 billion Senate Farm bill will include an effort to repeal the much-maligned “Monsanto Protection Act,” a provision derided by critics as a shameless handout to big agriculture and biotechnology.
The dust-up is the latest round in an escalating fight over the regulation of genetically engineered food and crops.
At issue is a provision attached to continuing resolution bill approved in March to avert a government shutdown. Formally known as the Farmers Assurance Provision, the measure allows biotechnology companies to sell genetically modified seeds even if a court has blocked them.
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Legislation
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