The Center for Regulatory Effectiveness (CRE) is an industry-funded, for-profit think tank. It focuses on federal agency compliance with "good government" laws which regulate the regulators. These "good government" laws include the

Data Quality Act The Information Quality Act (IQA) or Data Quality Act (DQA), passed through the United States Congress in Section 515 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 (). Because the Act was a two-sentence rider in a spending bill, it had no name give ...

, the

Paperwork Reduction Act The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (Pub. L. No. 96-511, 94 Stat. 2812, codified at ) is a United States federal law enacted in 1980 designed to reduce the total amount of paperwork burden the federal government imposes on private businesses and c ...

, Executive Orders on regulatory review, the Unfunded Mandates Act, the

Regulatory Flexibility Act The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) is perhaps the most comprehensive effort by the U.S. federal government to balance the social goals of federal regulations with the needs and capabilities of small businesses and other small entities in America ...

and the Congressional Review Act. CRE was formed by former career officials of the White House Office of Management and Budget. The head of the firm is

Jim Tozzi Jim Tozzi is an American lobbyist, currently the head of the Center for Regulatory Effectiveness, an industry-supported, for-profit lobbying organization that describes itself as a "regulatory watchdog." Formerly, he was a regulatory official of ...

. It has been criticised as a

front organisation A front organization is any entity set up by and controlled by another organization, such as intelligence agencies, organized crime groups, terrorist organizations, secret societies, banned organizations, religious or political groups, advocacy gro ...

for industries which seek to undermine the regulatory process, notably by Chris C. Mooney in his book ''

The Republican War on Science ''The Republican War on Science'' is a 2005 book by Chris Mooney, an American journalist who focuses on the politics of science policy. In the book, Mooney discusses the Republican Party leadership's stance on science, and in particular that of ...

''. One of CRE's projects to promote public participation in the regulatory process is the establishment of the

Interactive Public Docket The Interactive Public Docket (IPD) is an eRulemaking tool created and managed by non governmental organizations that seek to provide the public with the capability to 1) publicly post data and other materials pertaining to federal proceedings on a ...

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External links

Center for Regulatory Effectiveness
(Firm Homepage)
SourceWatch: Center for Regulatory Effectiveness
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