{{Short description|American think tank}} {{multiple issues| {{refimprove|date=September 2014}} {{notability|Organizations|date=September 2014}} }} The '''Center for Regulatory Effectiveness''' ('''CRE''') is an industry-funded, for-profit think tank.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2004/0405.mooney.html |title="Paralysis by Analysis" by Chris Mooney |accessdate=2014-09-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131200819/http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2004/0405.mooney.html |archivedate=2015-01-31 }}</ref> It focuses on federal agency compliance with "good government" laws which regulate the regulators. These "good government" laws include the [[Data Quality Act]], the [[Paperwork Reduction Act]], Executive Orders on regulatory review, the Unfunded Mandates Act, the [[Regulatory Flexibility Act]] and the Congressional Review Act.
CRE was formed by former career officials of the White House Office of Management and Budget. The head of the firm is [[Jim Tozzi]].
It has been criticised as a [[front organisation]] for industries which seek to undermine the regulatory process, notably by [[Chris Mooney (journalist)|Chris C. Mooney]] in his book ''[[The Republican War on Science]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.waronscience.com/home.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050811020451/http://www.waronscience.com/home.php |archive-date=2005-08-11 |title=The Republican War on Science by Chris Mooney}}</ref>
One of CRE's projects to promote public participation in the regulatory process is the establishment of the [[Interactive Public Docket]].
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==External links== *[http://www.thecre.com/index.html Center for Regulatory Effectiveness] (Firm Homepage) *[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Regulatory_Effectiveness SourceWatch: Center for Regulatory Effectiveness]
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