George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center

George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center The GW Regulatory Studies Center improves regulatory policy through research, education, and outreach.

The GW Regulatory Studies Center's mission is to improve regulatory policy by raising awareness of regulations’ effects through research, education, and outreach. The Center is a leading source for applied scholarship in regulatory issues, and a training ground for anyone who wants to understand the effects of regulation and ensure that regulatory policies are designed in the public interest. Esta

blished in 2009, the GW Regulatory Studies Center is an academic center of the George Washington University, a private, top-tier university located in the Nation’s capital. It is housed within the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration. Though relatively young (TSPPPA was formed by combining existing programs in 2003) the Trachtenberg School is consistently ranked among the nation’s top policy schools, and attracts high achieving students interested in careers in public policy. In addition, with our location just a few blocks from the White House and Capitol Hill, the GW RSC will be the hub for academic institutions around the country, and bring fresh ideas and analysis to policy makers in Washington.

The battle over DOGE and transparency has begun. How will its repurposing within the Executive Office of the President a...
01/23/2025

The battle over DOGE and transparency has begun. How will its repurposing within the Executive Office of the President affect its objectives? Susan Dudley tells National Law Journal this move appears to narrow the purview of DOGE, but expects further details with clarification to be coming soon.

Under Trump's executive order, the U.S. Digital Service will be renamed the U.S. DOGE Service, charged with “modernizing Federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.” The order also directs each agency head to create a DOGE team of at least four employees...

E&E News spoke with Susan Dudley about Trump's freeze on regulations and a few leftover rules still in progress: agencie...
01/23/2025

E&E News spoke with Susan Dudley about Trump's freeze on regulations and a few leftover rules still in progress: agencies moved strategically to finalize Biden's rules before the transition in Washington, but the Federal Register tends to get backed up at the end of an administration.

The order serves as the president's first shot in his coming war against federal rules.

RSC's Congressional Review Act Lookback Window Dashboard is proving to be a useful resource as the 119th Congress prepar...
01/22/2025

RSC's Congressional Review Act Lookback Window Dashboard is proving to be a useful resource as the 119th Congress prepares to take aim on Biden-era rules with resolutions of disapproval as soon as early February.

Trump's plan to rethink the federal government has begun, with a focus on undoing Biden's policies.

01/22/2025

Will FDIC's recently finalized rule on brokered deposits become effective? Acting chairman aims to pull back the rule, but as Susan Dudley notes in Roll Call, “The freeze can’t pause rules that have already been finalized,” Dudley said. “However, it can tell agencies to revisit them and pause the effective date while they do.”

Susan Dudley was quoted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Jimmy Carter Deregulated Airlines Nearly 50 Years Ago. The ...
01/21/2025

Susan Dudley was quoted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Jimmy Carter Deregulated Airlines Nearly 50 Years Ago. The Debate Rages On.

One of the most enduring policy legacies of the late President Jimmy Carter has been airline deregulation. But nearly 50 years later, some argue new protections are needed.

Dylan Desjardins' commentary on crypto and the policy preferences of the electorate was cited in Coin Telegraph: Pro-Bit...
01/21/2025

Dylan Desjardins' commentary on crypto and the policy preferences of the electorate was cited in Coin Telegraph: Pro-Bitcoin Lawmakers Pack Congress as Partisan Gridlock Looms

Crypto has evolved from a niche issue to a major force in Washington, but could it face set-backs in Congress?

Prof. Howard Beales spoke with the Boston Globe: Biden Cracked Down on ‘Junk Fees’ and Hard-to-Cancel Memberships. Will ...
01/21/2025

Prof. Howard Beales spoke with the Boston Globe: Biden Cracked Down on ‘Junk Fees’ and Hard-to-Cancel Memberships. Will Trump Bring them Back?

Quietly and gradually, consumer protection efforts have emerged as one of the most significant policy legacies of Biden’s presidency.

Federal agencies under Biden in 2024 finalized a flurry of significant rules before the lookback window of the Congressi...
01/15/2025

Federal agencies under Biden in 2024 finalized a flurry of significant rules before the lookback window of the Congressional Review Act could put these rules at risk of recall, Roger Nober tells YahooFinance

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been finalizing consumer-friendly rules, in hopes they'll stick under a second Trump administration.

2024 was a year of landmark developments in regulation: Major Supreme Court rulings in administrative law, new actions o...
01/15/2025

2024 was a year of landmark developments in regulation: Major Supreme Court rulings in administrative law, new actions on air quality, PFAS regulations, another flip-flop on net neutrality, and the rush to avoid the CRA window. These are the top trends we're looking back on for last year.
https://regulatorystudies.columbian.gwu.edu/2024-regulatory-year-review

Flip-flopping on regulations such as Net Neutrality can be curtailed thanks to last year's SCOTUS ruling in Loper Bright...
01/14/2025

Flip-flopping on regulations such as Net Neutrality can be curtailed thanks to last year's SCOTUS ruling in Loper Bright, Susan Dudley tells Yahoo Finance

US regulators in Washington got another warning about the new limits of their power when an Ohio appeals court struck down federal 'net neutrality' rules this month.

"What happens in the actual implementation of regulations has become far too invisible to the political class, and that ...
01/10/2025

"What happens in the actual implementation of regulations has become far too invisible to the political class, and that has made achieving policy goals much more difficult across the government," said Jennifer on the growth of the regulatory bureaucracy. Will succeed in reversing course?

The leaders of the “Department of Government Efficiency” vow to undo thousands of federal rules, but they face obstacles and risk collateral damage.

Can  & the Trump Admin. force federal workers back into the office full time? Such a mandate would fall in the realm of ...
01/08/2025

Can & the Trump Admin. force federal workers back into the office full time? Such a mandate would fall in the realm of “basic agency administration” and wouldn’t even require an executive order, said George Washington University law professor Aram Gavoor.

Donald Trump’s next administration is limited in the ways it can slash federal spending.

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The GW Regulatory Studies Center's mission is to improve regulatory policy through research, education, and outreach. The Center is a leading source for applied scholarship in regulatory issues, and a training ground for anyone who wants to understand the effects of regulation and ensure that regulatory policies are designed in the public interest. Established in 2009, the GW Regulatory Studies Center is an academic center of the George Washington University, a private, top-tier university located in the Nation’s capital. It is housed within the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration. Though relatively young (TSPPPA was formed by combining existing programs in 2003) the Trachtenberg School is consistently ranked among the nation’s top policy schools, and attracts high achieving students interested in careers in public policy. In addition, with our location just a few blocks from the White House and Capitol Hill, the GW RSC is the hub for academic institutions around the country, and brings fresh ideas and analysis to policy makers in Washington.