The Risk, Policy & Law (RP&L) Specialty Group of the Society for Risk Analysis is a group of scientists, social scientists, lawyers, engineers and others interested in the interface between risk analysis, public policy and laws. The RP&L Specialty Group was formerly called the “Risk, Science & Law” Specialty Group; it changed its name in 2006. The group’s goal is to support collaborative research and dialogue to identify and illuminate issues that arise from risk-related legislative acts, regulatory rules, treaties, oversight and review mechanisms, judicial proceedings, and other legal institutions.
Recent News and Events
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Join us at SRA’s 2010 Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City Utah. We are currently considering workshops and symposia for the meeting and would love any suggestions for either. In 2009 we sponsored six sessions including, “Uncertainty and Variability Analysis for Costs as Well as Risks,” “Risk, Precaution and Policy in Europe and China,” and “The WTO as a Global Risk Regulator?”
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SRA’s Risk Policy and Law Specialty Group and Economics and Benefits Analysis Specialty Group co-sponsored the highly successful “New Ideas for Risk Regulation” conference with Resources for the Future (RFF) in June 2009. Downloadable copies of the presentations and related papers are now available on the SRA event website. The conference video and audio can be viewed on the RFF event website.
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In January 2009, President Obama issued a memorandum directing the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to produce recommendations on a new Executive Order on Federal regulatory review. In February, OMB issued a request for public comment, receiving over 180 comments including several from SRA members. Related documents are available on the OMB website; the comments prepared by a committee of past SRA presidents are also available on the SRA site.
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