Updates | The Week of January 22, 2018
Derek Reinbold // 1/28/18 //
The Government Accountability Office will investigate alleged fraud during the comment period on the FCC’s proposed net neutrality rules (WSJ, ArsTechnica).
- House Democrats asked the DOJ and FBI to expand the investigation to include potential comment fraud in comments to other agencies (The Hill).
President Trump’s decision to allow agencies with leftover funding to remain open during the government shutdown may have been illegal, explains Sam Wice at Notice and Comment.
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a unified national automobile emissions standard, which may preempt California’s stricter standard (The Hill).
After one year of the Trump presidency, it’s unclear whether President Trump will be able to achieve his promised deregulatory efforts (Politico).