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Stay on top of the latest developments with REG•WATCH, OMB Watch's regulatory policy weblog.

OMB Watch's Regulatory Resource Center provides tips for advocates who want to get involved in regulatory decision making and educational resources for anyone interested in how the federal regulatory process works. Click to find out more.

OMB Watch's new series, Bankrupting Government: How a Decades-Long Campaign against Federal Spending Has Undermined Public Protections, examines how long-term resource shortfalls at federal regulatory agencies have affected the ability of those agencies to fulfill their missions.

OMB Watch manages a coalition called Citizens for Sensible Safeguards (CSS) which consists of almost 300 public interest organizations. The coalition was created to help preserve public protections that make our workplaces safer, our environment cleaner, our communities healthier, and our society more accessible. Find out more.

News and updates on the implementation of President Bush's recent changes to the regulatory process and Congress's attempts to mitigate their impact.

Cheney and Dudley Interfering in Right Whale Rule

New evidence shows that the White House is meddling with a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) rule to protect the North Atlantic right whale. Documents show that as many as three separate White House offices are pressuring NOAA to change the rule, or simply drop its efforts to protect the right whale altogether.

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Latest Headlines

Plastics Chemical Poses Health Risk, Businesses Respond

Fuel Economy Proposal: Higher Mileage, State Preemption

Farm Bill Proposes Food Safety Improvements

Reports Highlight MSHA's Failures at Crandall Canyon Mine

White House Gains Influence in Toxic Chemical Assessments

White House Interferes with Smog Rule

Bipartisan Consensus Forming on CPSC Reform

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Latest Reports & Analyses

Polluted Logic: How EPA's ozone standard illustrates the flaws of cost-benefit analysis
(Dec. 2007)

Sunset Commission Legislation in the 110th Congress (Dec. 2007)

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