Environmental Protection Agency Backgrounders & Briefs

2010 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities

01/01/2010

Office of Management and Budget. 2010.

“2010 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities” is a major review of all the federal government's regulations. The report chronicles the costs and benefits of all federal regulations between 1999 and 2009. The agencies found that the average annual cost of their regulations are between $43 and $55 billion, while the annual benefits are between $128 and $616 billion.

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The Bush Legacy: An Assault on Public Protections

01/14/2009

Gray Davidson, Gary D. Bass, Adam Hughes, Craig Jennings, Matthew Madia, and Rick Melberth. OMB Watch. January 14, 2009.

“The Bush Legacy: An Assault on Public Protections”  provides a detailed history of the Bush administration’s assault on America’s regulatory institutions.

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