Analysis
Regulatory Budgets: Did One-In,Two-Out Actually Cut Rules?
Executive-order cost caps cut rule volume in year one, produced billions in claimed savings — and the evidence for durable reduction beyond the first year is thin.
Christopher Lee
Extended examinations of how institutions behave over a decade: budgets, headcount, capability, and the quiet erosion or recovery of state capacity. Sources are audit offices, statistical agencies and comparative studies. Intended for policy researchers, funders and senior officials who need trend evidence rather than a weekly snapshot.
Extended pieces measuring how public institutions perform across years, drawing on audit reports, spending reviews and comparative country data.
Executive-order cost caps cut rule volume in year one, produced billions in claimed savings — and the evidence for durable reduction beyond the first year is thin.
Christopher Lee