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Gibbs on regulations plan: Don’t call it a rollback

by Ben Geman - 01/18/11 6:39 PM ET

President Obama issued an executive order Tuesday
that says federal agencies, when crafting rules, must protect the environment,
public health and safety while “promoting economic growth, innovation,
competitiveness, and job creation.” It notes that they must use the
“least burdensome” tools for achieving their goals.  

The order
also demands that agencies conduct “retrospective analyses” of existing
rules that may be outmoded or too burdensome, and “modify, streamline,
expand, or repeal them in accordance with what has been learned.”

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