But earlier this month, the researchers at Governing for Impact (GFI) made the case that rescheduling federal workers is wholly unlawful. Essentially, the order blows open a narrow exception to civil service protections for senior political officials and applies it to thousands of career workers across the government.
“You have to go through the process before you can undo a regulation,” said Will Dobbs-Allsopp, policy director at Governing for Impact, a left-leaning thinktank.
A memo from Governing for Impact out this morning argues accepted wisdom about the legality of Schedule F is wrong, and OMB nominee Russell Vought cannot actually reclassify top civil servants, strip them of their due process protections and fire them, at least not without facing a credible challenge in court.
Policy experts Nina Mast and Reed Shaw are calling on the U.S. Department of Labor to issue new regulations on child labor in order to address higher rates of violations, injuries and school absenteeism, particularly in light of state efforts to roll back protections.
Child labor violations are increasing, and over two dozen states have made moves that are exacerbating the issue, a recent report by Governing for Impact, the Economic Policy Institute and Child Labor Coalition says.
A number of mostly Republican-controlled states have weakened child labor protections in recent years and a second Trump administration would likely escalate the deregulatory push, as per plans laid out in Project 2025, according to a report released Wednesday.
State governments across the US are taking steps to eliminate protections for minors as rates of child labor violations, injuries and chronic school absenteeism rise, according to a report released on Wednesday.
The report by Governing for Impact, the Economic Policy Institute, and Child Labor Coalition proposes actions the Biden-Harris administration can take in response to a recent surge in child labor violations around the country and a trend of some states passing legislation that rolls back state-level child labor protections.
A 150-year-old law governing the U.S. Postal Service could be used by a conservative presidential administration to ban abortion nationwide, and a new study suggests that thousands of Wisconsin women would lose reproductive health care in the process.
The study was released by progressive-leaning policy think tank Governing for Impact and describes how a president could interpret an 1873 anti-vice law known as the Comstock Act to ban abortions.
Regulatory policy group highlights the implications and consequences of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Chevron v. NRDC
WASHINGTON, DC — Governing for Impact Executive Director Rachael Klarman released the following statement:
“The Supreme Court’s decision is the latest in a line of extreme decisions that puts the interests of corporate law breakers, polluters, and anti-labor activists over the interests of the American people. However, the immediate impact of today’s decision may be limited. The Supreme Court has not relied on Chevron in a number of years. As a result, the Court has already dramatically intruded into the policy making process an area once thought to properly belong under the purview of the two democratically elected branches of the federal government and courts around the country have followed their lead, increasingly eschewing Chevron deference. The Biden Administration has also smartly been preparing for Chevron’s formal demise over the last four years and has not relied on the doctrine to defend its rules.
As a result, Loper Bright’s impact will depend on how we respond. Rather than self-limiting, advocates must continue to urge federal agencies to use every legal authority at their disposal to enact strong rules that protect consumers, workers, and the public.”
About Governing for Impact
Governing for Impact (GFI) is a regulatory policy organization dedicated to ensuring the federal government works for working Americans, not corporate lobbyists. The policies we design and the legal insights we develop help increase opportunity for those not historically represented in regulatory policy implementation work: working people. For additional information about GFI, please visit https://governingforimpact.org/.
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Government agencies should use existing regulations and powers to regulate AI, argues a new report from the Center for American Progress and Governing for Impact shared first with Axios.