Working Paper: Stimulating Smarter Regulation: 2002 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities

This Final Report to Congress on regulatory policy was prepared in response to the Regulatory Right-to-Know Act and the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. The Report provides: (a) a summary of Federal regulatory actions taken due to the tragic events of September 11th and their aftermath, (b) an overview of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs’(OIRA)activities; (c) an accounting statement of the costs and benefits of Federal regulations, including assessments of their impact on State, local and tribal governments, small businesses, wages and economic growth; (d) a summary of regulatory reform activities in other developed countries, with a particular focus on the European Union; and (e) a discussion of nominations of regulatory improvements from approximately 1,700 public comments.

Keywords
Subject:	2. Cost-Benefit and Cost Effectiveness Analysis	Media:	Multimedia
Paper Information
Author(s):		Institution Issuing Paper:	U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Status:	Final version working paper	Institution Funding Paper:	U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Series Title:	Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations	Primary Content:	Empirical
Paper Date:	12/01/2002
		Pages:	163
Electronic Copy Paper #: File Description: PDF file, 2.394 MB File Attachment:

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