U.S. deregulatory policies have been eroding consumer protection remedies for telecommunications and broadband access services. However, most policymakers and telecommunications policy researchers are familiar with the erosion that has resulted from industry-specific actions by federal or state...

In 2007/2008, the Czech Republic has introduced governmental Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) to the central government level. This procedure has established formal rules binding to all legislative bodies. The process administration of RIA was entrusted to the Panel for a Regulatory Reform and...