NY Times: Bush signs order giving him more power over federal agencies [View All]

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NY Times: Bush signs landmark executive order increasing power over federal agencies

President George W. Bush has given his administration a boost in how the government regulates key issues such as civil rights and the environment, The New York Times will report on its Tuesday front page, RAW STORY has learned. The story has not yet moved on the front page of the site.

The President "signed a directive that gives the White House much greater control over the rules that the federal government develops to regulate public health, safety," privacy and other issues, writes Robert Pear for the Times.

Pear reports that "in an executive order published last week in the Federal Register, Bush said that each federal agency must have a regulatory policy office run by a political appointee" who will monitor the creation of process and procedures and the associated documentation.

"The White House will thus have a gatekeeper in each agency," Pear writes, "to analyze the costs and benefits of new rules and to make sure they carry out the president's priorities."

Excerpts from the Times article follow...

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/NY_Times_Bush_gives_White_House_0129.html