GAO report finds USDA needs better data on certain procedures, OSHA publishes proposed silica rule, and more…
- A U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) needs better data to evaluate the department’s new poultry and hog inspection procedures.
- The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published the agency’s proposed silica rule.
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published results of the agency’s proactive testing for arsenic in rice.
- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking for energy efficiency standards for certain refrigeration equipment.
- A White House aide promised that the administration will work to “protect workers from . . . silica dust.”
- The FDA extended the comment period for its advanced notice of proposed rulemaking on menthol tobacco products.
- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) approved a “final rule clarifying that deposits in foreign branches of U.S. banks are not FDIC-insured.”
- The Verizon suit against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) continued over how to manage companies’ provision of the internet.
- A U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) news release said the agency may make high-speed trading rules stricter.
- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched an online tool to make chemical regulatory information more accessible to the public.
- President Obama nominated David Weil to become the Administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.
- The European Commission told Samsung to “offer more concessions” in the company’s antitrust settlement proposal.
- The Regulatory Review ran a five-part series on Cass Sunstein’s Penn Program on Regulation talk on the “Myths and Realities” of the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) review process.
- The Penn Program on Regulation announced that next Monday it will hold a talk on Capital Hill on regulation’s impact on employment.
