Source: Niskanen Center
by Ben Bain
“For many people who have served in the executive branch, the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) encapsulates why government is broken. Risk aversion, policy cruft, and the cascade of rigidity — the dysfunctions described in our foundational state capacity report — all contribute to a process of “paperwork reduction” that often does quite the opposite. The White House office charged with overseeing the act made some notable improvements in recent years, but there is growing support for more far-reaching change. The question now is not whether or not to act, but just how far to reach and what tradeoffs a reform push will face at a moment when the Trump administration has certainly proved willing to disrupt the status quo, but often recklessly and without regard for Congress.” (04/17/25)
https://www.niskanencenter.org/paper-cuts-what-should-we-do-with-the-paperwork-reduction-act/