After a four-month study, federal agencies have released plans on eliminating some redundant, outdated or inconsistent rules. Business associations, given to lamenting excessive regulation as the bête noire of their existence, are welcoming the Obama administration’s progress in eliminating some redundant federal rules—and pressing for more. At the president’s behest, about 30 federal agencies have now issued preliminary reports that identify some regulations as outdated, unnecessary, burdensome or inconsistent. For example, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration plans to eliminate some regulations that impose duplicate reporting… Read More