Government Agencies for Consumer Protectiondoi:10.1080/00219444.1940.10772302R. F. BeckertJournal of Education for Business
Government employees charged with monitoring environmental compliance face a downpour of information, wading through countless reports and stacks of paperwork to accomplish their mission. To help these dedicated public servants increase productivity, agencies should consider a broader set of tools to control...
Social Security Numbers: Internet Resellers Provide Few Full SSNs, but Congress Should Consider Enacting Standards for Truncating SSNs GAO previously reported on how large information resellers like consumer reporting agencies obtain and use Social Security numbers (SSNs). Less is known ab... USGA ...
For what it’s worth, the best part of the study from my wonkish perspective are the estimates of the regulatory burden on different income groups. Here’s some of what Professor Mulligan wrote. So far, regulatory costs have been described in the aggregate, as the regulatory agencies do. To...
Perhaps the most substantial criticism of government regulations is that they create the potential forregulatory capture. When that happens, the agencies supposedly responsible for protecting consumers come under the control of the industries they are supposed to regulate. The regulator may actively create...
Other independent regulatory agencies include the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (formally part of the Federal Reserve Board). Former agencies The Interstate Commerce Commission regulated common carriers and was thus able to render far reaching orders, su...
Government agencies need to further enhance the proactiveness and level of expertise in public services. We will take forceful measures to solve those problems, so as to live up to people’s expectations by delivering tangible results. Work Plan for 2020 The sudden outbreak...
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food And Drug Administration and Related Agencies The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of the Chief Information Officer is provided $92.3 million, with not less than $77.4 million of that to be spent for cybersecurity. Within the department, the Animal and...
But the CAC’s work often clashes with the priorities of other Chinese government agencies like the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which are more focused on boosting China’s technology capabilities. Judging from Chinese AI regulations so far, the pro-growth faction has prevailed,...
…the Institute for Justice, a public interest law firm…sued the D.E.A. and the Transportation Security Administration, accusing the agencies of seizing travelers’ money without probable cause. …On Thursday, federal prosecutors agreed to return all $28,180 to Mr. Warren and to dismiss their...