# Center for Regulatory Effectiveness

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The **Center for Regulatory Effectiveness** (**CRE**) is an industry-funded, for-profit think tank.[1] It focuses on federal agency compliance with "good government" laws which regulate the regulators. These "good government" laws include the [Data Quality Act](/source/Data_Quality_Act), the [Paperwork Reduction Act](/source/Paperwork_Reduction_Act), Executive Orders on regulatory review, the Unfunded Mandates Act, the [Regulatory Flexibility Act](/source/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](/source/Jim_Tozzi).

It has been criticised as a [front organisation](/source/Front_organisation) for industries which seek to undermine the regulatory process, notably by [Chris C. Mooney](/source/Chris_Mooney_(journalist)) in his book *[The Republican War on Science](/source/The_Republican_War_on_Science)*.[2]

One of CRE's projects to promote public participation in the regulatory process is the establishment of the [Interactive Public Docket](/source/Interactive_Public_Docket).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [""Paralysis by Analysis" by Chris Mooney"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150131200819/http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2004/0405.mooney.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2004/0405.mooney.html) on 2015-01-31. Retrieved 2014-09-05.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["The Republican War on Science by Chris Mooney"](https://web.archive.org/web/20050811020451/http://www.waronscience.com/home.php). Archived from [the original](http://www.waronscience.com/home.php) on 2005-08-11.

## External links

- [Center for Regulatory Effectiveness](http://www.thecre.com/index.html) (Firm Homepage)

- [SourceWatch: Center for Regulatory Effectiveness](http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Regulatory_Effectiveness)

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