Amongst the more important individual initiatives have been the creation of Next Steps Agencies to undertake many of the executive functions of central government, market testing and compulsory competitive tendering of many operational functions throughout the public sector, the transfer of previously public businesses into the private sector where this was feasible, and the creation of interna...

We examine 89 websites from federal regulatory agencies in order to evaluate their ease of use for those interested in commenting on or learning about their proposed regulations. We find that while there has been a lot of attention given to second and third generation “e-rulemaking” efforts, agency websites, a first generation innovation, still have considerable room for improvement. Notwithsta...

The article analyzes the role of Constitution in implementation reforms provided for country’s development strategy, as well importance constitutional culture a clear and strict legislation, strengthening executive discipline government bodies, reveals theoretical practical aspects its essence content. formation positive our country is reflected, on one hand, activities law enforcement agencies...

There are calls for policymakers to make greater use of research when formulating policies. Therefore, it is important that policy organisations have a range of tools and systems to support their staff in using research in their work. The aim of the present study was to measure the extent to which a range of tools and systems to support research use were available within six Australian agencies...

The U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) is widely considered to be one of the strongest laws for protecting imperiled wildlife, with nearly all species protected under law still existing today. Among ESA's provisions, at least as written, requirement section 7(a)(1) that federal agencies use their authorities help recover species. New initiatives like 30 x 30, campaign conserve 30% lands and wate...

Eighteen years ago President William Clinton issued Executive Order 13045 calling for each federal agency to “ensure that its policies, programs, activities, and standards address disproportionate risks to children that result from environmental health risks or safety risks” (Clinton and Gore 1997). As part of this Executive Order, Clinton established the President’s Task Force on Environmental...

Federal agencies count all fatalities prevented by regulation as having the same value for the purposes of cost-benefit analysis, making no adjustment for the age of the person saved. This uniform valuation is guided by empirical studies that find that the young are not willing to pay more than the elderly for small risk reductions in private markets. This Note argues for a different approach. ...

Over the last 10 years, conflict has grown over a 170-mile pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana) migration between Grand Teton National Park and the Upper Green River Basin in western Wyoming. Resolving conflict in the common interest is proving difficult. This movement is the longest mammal migration in the lower 48 states, spanning the jurisdiction of three federal agencies, three Wyomin...

Using a dataset of over 1.6 million inspections by the Occupational Safety and Health Agency (OSHA) from 1990 through 2010, we explore the determinants of inspection and enforcement outcomes. OSHA is an institutionally split agency, with the federal agency conducting inspections in 25 states and state agencies conducting inspections in the remaining 25. The geographic variety and range over 21 ...

Th is research empirically assesses the quality of evidence that agencies provided to the Offi ce of Management and Budget in the application of the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART), introduced in 2002 to more rigorously, systematically, and transparently assess public program eff ectiveness and hold agencies accountable for results by tying them to the executive budget formulation process...