Cass R. Sunstein, Columnist

What Is Trump's Regulatory Office Doing? Who Knows

The nation’s clearinghouse for federal regulations doesn’t have a website. That’s wrong.

September 14, 2017 at 1:00 PM UTC

Cass R. Sunstein is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is the author of “The Cost-Benefit Revolution” and a co-author of “Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness.”

So much for accountability.
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It is mid-September, and the Trump administration still has no website for its Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. That is astonishing. It is also a disservice to the American people.

Ever since 1981, OIRA has been the nation’s clearinghouse for federal regulations. Whenever the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Labor or the Department of Health and Human Services wants to impose significant regulatory burdens, it has to get the office’s approval. (Disclosure: I was administrator of OIRA from 2009 to 2012.)