Insight

The Unheralded Leaders of Regulatory Reform

Recently, President Trump remarked, “We formed a deregulation taskforce inside every agency to find and eliminate wasteful, intrusive, and job-killing regulations, of which we’ve had many.” These task forces were born from Executive Order 13,777 on “Enforcing the Regulatory Agenda” that, among other items, directed agencies to name a “Regulatory Reform Officer” by late April and establish a “Regulatory Reform Task Force” by late May. Using regulatory documents, press accounts, and information from agency websites, the American Action Forum has compiled the status of each agency so far. We intend to update this list as more information becomes available.

Agency

Regulatory Reform Officer? Task Force?

Agriculture

Rebeckah Adcock Yes

Commerce

James Uthmeier Yes

Defense

No

No

Education Robert Eitel

Yes

Energy

Daniel Simmons

Yes

HHS

No No
DHS Elaine Duke

No

HUD

No No
Labor No

No

Interior

No Name Provided Yes
Justice Rachel Brand

Yes

State

No No
Treasury Brian Callahan

No

Transportation

Jeffrey Rosen Yes
EPA Samantha Dravis

Yes

VA

No

No

SBA Holly Turner

No

 

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