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Presidential oversight: Controlling the regulators

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  • W. Kip Viscusi

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In 1974, President Ford initiated a procedure by which the regulatory policies of federal agencies were subjected to systematic oversight. This activity continued with modest success through subsequent administrations. A substantial stiffening of oversight powers under President Reagan raises basic questions about the best means for performing effective oversight. Proposals for a so-called regulatory budget, within which each agency would be obliged to operate, could expand the oversight authority; but it is too exclusively cost-oriented. A more promising approach is to impose expiration dates on regulations, making them subject to renewal, and to reform the legislative mandates of the regulatory agencies.

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  • W. Kip Viscusi, 1982. "Presidential oversight: Controlling the regulators," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 2(2), pages 157-173.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jpamgt:v:2:y:1982:i:2:p:157-173
    DOI: 10.2307/3323280
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