This seminar examines the current state of regulatory retrospective review, how it can be improved, and how Congress can use the findings of retrospective review for regulatory oversight and legislative planning.

Speaking to an audience of primarily Congressional staffers, Todd Zywicki examines the degree to which executive branch and independent agencies are subject to checks and balances on their regulatory authority. Topics include why it is necessary to regulate regulators, the factors that strength or weaken regulatory accountability, and what Nixon-era bureaucracy and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have in common.

On The Frank Beckmann Show, Jerry Ellig discusses his recent study, co-authored by Chris Conover, on the health care law’s rushed regulations.

Jerry Ellig explains that federal agencies often have a great deal of difficulty doing even some of the most basic and important analysis for the largest and most important regulations.