<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - The Regulators</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/columns/economy/regulators?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</link><description>The Regulators</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Proposed Changes Elicit Chain Reactions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64638-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64638-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Proposed updates to Federal Trade Commission rules governing franchise operations have the potential for tipping the balance of power between the franchiser and franchisee.]]></description><author> Cindy Skrzycki</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business Looks to Panel's New Leader for Relief]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45457-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45457-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Rep.    Candice S. Miller  is a Republican from Michigan, where high-paying manufacturing jobs are disappearing. Now she is also chairman of a House subcommittee that she thinks can address part of the problem: the cost of regulation and whether some rules have outlived their usefulness and cost-effectiveness.]]></description><author> Cindy Skrzycki</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Model Planes May Soar at Former Superfund Sites]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26674-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26674-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[What comes to mind when you hear the word Superfund? Nasty, abandoned toxic waste dumps? An underfunded federal cleanup program? Real estate that can't be given away?]]></description><author> Cindy Skrzycki</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Definition of 'Ditch' Is Muddy at Best]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8362-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8362-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Everyone is digging his own ditch in this debate.<br>Under the 1972 Clean Water Act, the    Environmental Protection Agency  and the    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers  have jurisdiction over whether a ditch qualifies to be protected as a wetland.]]></description><author> Cindy Skrzycki</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[OMB to Reconsider Some Rules]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55579-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55579-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Thomas M. Sullivan, who heads the Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy, is delighted with the recent announcement by the Bush administration that it would get cracking on an effort to make federal agencies more responsive to businesses and others who want to see changes or repeal of federal regulations.]]></description><author> Cindy Skrzycki</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Redrafting Handicap-Access Guidelines]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35425-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35425-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The rules governing how businesses must comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act are about to get a tune-up, a prospect that has companies worried.]]></description><author> Cindy Skrzycki</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phony Internet Moving Brokerages Take Consumers for a Ride]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15596-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15596-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Besides death and divorce, one of the more stressful life experiences is moving. Though Americans do it frequently, it can be disruptive and costly under the best of conditions. Even reputable movers admit it's often not a positive experience  --  even for educated consumers.]]></description><author> Cindy Skrzycki</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questioning the Cattle Call]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61751-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61751-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Congressional Review Act is an arcane regulatory repeal tool that has been used by Congress successfully only once. With a quick vote in Congress and the signature of President Bush on March 20, 2001, the Labor Department's controversial ergonomics rule was wiped out of existence.]]></description><author> Cindy Skrzycki</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strapped Automaker Appeals NHTSA Rule on Air Bags]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42690-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42690-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration  isn't usually in the business of letting companies off the hook on federal safety requirements -- or paying attention to affairs of state. But a fledgling car company has asked the agency to do both, pleading for regulatory leniency on the grounds of economic hardship, both for the company and for the country of Romania.]]></description><author> Cindy Skrzycki</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antiperspirant Makers Sweat Out FDA's Data Request]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24925-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24925-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In June 2003, the Food and Drug Administration  issued a final rule saying that antiperspirants could safely and effectively reduce the amount of sweat coming from users -- for up to 24 hours. The personal-products industry was almost immediately up in arms, so to speak.]]></description><author> Cindy Skrzycki</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salt Institute's Case Shakes Up Preliminary Rulemaking]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6462-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6462-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The    Salt Institute  has its blood pressure up.<br> The group that represents 36 domestic and foreign salt producers is appealing its loss of a lawsuit that challenged the science a    National Institutes of Health  agency used in 2003 to recommend that lower...]]></description><author> Cindy Skrzycki</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[OSHA Slow to Act on Beryllium Exposure, Critic Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52864-2005Jan31.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52864-2005Jan31.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For several years, Adam M. Finkel, a top administrator at the Labor Department's    Occupational Safety and Health Administration, said he expected the agency to test its inspectors for exposure to beryllium fumes or dust. In 2002, he realized the agency was not moving in that direction, and he became a whistle-blower.]]></description><author> Cindy Skrzycki</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report Sheds Light on Changing Role of Regulation]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34060-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34060-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Bush administration's annual report on the costs and benefits of regulation can be read as a blueprint to an eight-year effort to substantially change the role of regulation in the federal government. Released just before Christmas, it lists 189 rules in the manufacturing sector that 41 different groups suggested were ripe for tweaking, removal or a new approach. That makes the report a prime source of intelligence on the priorities of Bush rules overseers.]]></description><author> Cindy Skrzycki</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicare Reconsiders Claims Criteria for Wheelchairs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16847-2005Jan17.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16847-2005Jan17.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  For people with disabilities, motorized wheelchairs can be a great way to improve mobility, especially if the government will pick up most of the tab for the pricey machines, as Medicare does. But reports of fraud in 2003 led to a crackdown by the    Centers for Medicare and Medicaid     Services  that has some manufacturers, suppliers and beneficiaries complaining the changes went too far.]]></description><author> Cindy Skrzycki</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small-Business Advocate Plays Big Role in Rulemaking]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64540-2005Jan10.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64540-2005Jan10.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When federal regulators were considering a rule last summer to limit workers' exposure to cancer-causing hexavalent chromium, industry groups that use the compound to make pigment, dyes and chrome plating met with officials from the    Office of Management and Budget . Also at the table, as a proponent for business, not government rulemakers, was a representative of the    Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy .]]></description><author> Cindy Skrzycki</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Gutsy David Takes On a Goliath]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30436-2004Dec27.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30436-2004Dec27.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  There are no awards for moxie in regulating, but if such a program is ever established, supporters of    Armando Falcon Jr. , director of the    Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight , would probably nominate him. The tiny agency was created in 1992 to oversee    Fannie Mae  and    Freddie Mac , two government-backed housing financiers with assets and mortgage guarantees adding up to more than $3 trillion.]]></description><author> Cindy Skrzycki</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stocking Stuffers: Red Tape and American Caviar]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15185-2004Dec20.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15185-2004Dec20.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Since it's the holiday season, the Regulators asked some of those who spend their days engrossed in the minutiae of the Federal Register to take a break and stuff some stockings with messages of goodwill for the new year.]]></description><author> Cindy Skrzycki</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aviation Emissions Reform Has Trouble Taking Off]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62437-2004Dec13.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62437-2004Dec13.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The agreement just didn't fly.<br> For the past five years, the    Environmental Protection Agency  and the    Federal Aviation Administration  tried to negotiate with the airline industry, airport operators, environmental groups and state regulators to reduce emissions from the aviation sector, both aircraft and ground equipment.]]></description><author> Cindy Skrzycki</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress of Rule Reviews Difficult to Track]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41535-2004Dec6.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41535-2004Dec6.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Three years ago, the regulatory overseers at the new Bush administration's    Office of Management and Budget  invited suggestions on which federal rules needed some work. The results: OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs received 71 nominations for rules to review in 2001, 316 in 2002, and 189 in 2004 (OIRA did not solicit in 2003).  Now, some of the business groups say they are frustrated that they cannot keep track of what has happened to their suggestions.]]></description><author> Cindy Skrzycki</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Red Light on Runway Incursion]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6152-2004Nov22.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6152-2004Nov22.html?nav=rss_business/columns/economy/regulators</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:25:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The National Transportation Safety Board cites "runway incursion" -- close calls and near collisions on airport runways -- as one of the most intractable problems facing the transportation industry.]]></description><author> Cindy Skrzycki</author></item></channel></rss>