Business groups told lawmakers that Obama administration regulations are stunting the nation's economic recovery. 

Thursday's Federal Register will announce a number of meetings and hearings in the next few weeks:

The National Science Board's Committee on Education and Human Resources is holding a teleconference on April 16 to discuss the committee's role in enhancing science, technology, engineering and math education.

The Federal Register's website had a slight technical glitch Wednesday morning but that didn't stop the rules from coming out. Here are Thursday's regulations:

Communications and Technology:
The Federal Communications Commission is broadening the availability of signal boosters to enhance wireless coverage in remote areas.

Mary Jo White was sworn in on Wednesday as chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Committee.

The chief executives of three top exchanges were in D.C. Tuesday to meet with Securities and Exchange Commission officials over concerns about increased trading away from public exchanges, FOX Business reports.

With nearly two-thirds of the top executives at the Promontory Financial Group coming from agencies that oversee the financial industry, the firm has become known as “Wall Street’s shadow regulator,” according to The New York Times.

Checks totaling $3.6 billion begin to go out this week as part settlement between regulators and lenders over improper foreclosure proceedings, The Los Angeles Times reports.

A top official from the Bank of England said Tuesday that international financial regulations need to be simplified in order for them to work, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Opinion: Regulators must “co-evolve” with the financial industry if they expect to hold it accountable, Dave Lauer opines in The Huffington Post. 

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A study found 31 new areas of redundant or wasteful spending by executive branch agency programs.

Sylvia Burwell avoided making any statements about her approach to regulation that could be seen as controversial.

The Health and Human Services (HHS) Department opened the application process Tuesday for $54 million in grants to help people navigate the new insurance marketplace under the Affordable Care Act.

HHS released the grant opportunity for "navigators" — people who will help consumers shop for insurance in newly created exchanges.

HHS said it expects to spend up to $54 million to fund navigators.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is moving forward with a proposed rule designed to avert a disaster akin to the devastating 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.

The Fukushima accident – the worst of its kind since Chernobyl – changed conventional thinking about potential threats facing the United States’ fleet of reactors, and prompted a series of recommendations meant to reduce the dangers.