Tuesday, July 10, 2012

State to streamline agency regulations

Delaware state agencies are preparing to exhaustively review regulations on their books, with town hall-type meetings scheduled to begin downstate in early August.

Gov. Jack Markell, with bipartisan support, ordered the three-month agency reviews last month, signing an executive order that targets regulations approved at least three years ago and calls for burdensome rules to be revised or removed. The regulatory reform effort comes in response to a steady drumbeat from business owners in Delaware and nationwide claiming regulations are an impediment to job growth.


Markell’s order applies to all state agencies that fall under the executive branch, including cabinet departments that oversee tax, environmental and public health regulations.

READ MORE:  http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120706/NEWS02/307060051/State-streamline-agency-regulations?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Home|s&nclick_check=1

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