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“I have to wonder about the internal pressure brought to bear on OIRA in this case, because historically OIRA’s position has been that analysis is a good thing,” Stuart Shapiro, a career policy analyst at OIRA in the Clinton and Bush presidencies,” told Bloomberg Law....

Linda Stamato and Sanford M. Jaffe are co-directors of the Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution wrote an opinion column that seeks to shed light on the abuse of confidentiality when it comes to agreements that shield individuals and corporate malefactors and...

“New Jersey has a long and proud history of being a leader on effective and innovative environmental policy,” Jeanne Herb, associate director of the Environmental Analysis and Communications Group at Rutgers University, said in an email to ThinkProgress. “While...

The federal law creates “a significant complication” for Murphy’s campaign promises, said Marc Pfeiffer, assistant director of the Bloustein Local Government Research Center at Rutgers University. “I’m not sure how he solves that particular problem.” Other high-tax...

Kelcie Ralph, an assistant professor of urban planning at Rutgers University, wondered why Leonia was taking this tack. Installing traffic diverters, narrowing streets and making others into one-ways would lengthen travel time and deter apps like Waze from even...

But in its publications, the USDOT acknowledges that the advanced safety systems are not widely used across the nation, “so agencies should consider an education and outreach effort when implementing [one] within a community.” “They work, but I think many engineers...

“If you look at the places that have beach badges, most of them don’t have a boardwalk,” said Marc Pfeiffer, professor at Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. “In places like Wildwood and Atlantic City, the boardwalk can...

Richard Keevey writes an op-ed for The Record on reducing N.J. taxes. NorthJersey.com, January 23, 2018

Noted economic expert James Hughes looks at impact of demographics, technology, suburbanization, office space, corporate urbanism, and e-commerce. MyCentralJersey.com, January 23, 2018

When you want a cop to go away, you want the cop to go away and not sue you," said Marc Pfeiffer, assistant director of the Bloustein Local Government Research Center at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, and a retired government official who monitored local...