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Policy and legal decisions at CPSC and other regulatory agencies are under more direct White House control via a February 17 executive order.

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CPSC will extend enforcement discretion for flame-mitigation devices until July 12 for a small set of pre-filled portable fuel containers (PFCs), according to a February 13 letter from the Compliance Office.

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CPSC's agenda will "largely continue" to be driven by the FY2025 Operating Plan, Acting Chairman Peter Feldman told an ICPHSO audience by video February 19.

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A February 11 UN report calls for movement in developing nations towards product safety systems like those in the U.S., EU, and Canada.

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Acting Commissioner Peter Feldman signaled opposition to CPSC activity on the politically-charged issue of gas stove regulation.

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Briefs on steamers, activity centers, and fires, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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The Department of Justice is set to ask the Supreme Court to overturn the legal precedent used to support the Consumer Product Safety Act's protection against at-will firing of CPSC commissioners and similar shields for other agencies.

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The February 11 executive order that could reduce federal staffing by as much as 75% also contains a provision for agency heads to report on statutorily required activities.

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The restriction on de minimis shipments from China was paused under an addendum to the executive order issued just days before.

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An undated guide posted February 6 to CPSC's website gives insight on death incidents likely to be pertinent to the agency's needs.

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Briefs on hairdryer brushes, gun safes, winter, packaging, and refunds, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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The Department of Justice is set to ask the Supreme Court to overturn the legal precedent used to support the Consumer Product Safety Act's protection against at-will firing of CPSC commissioners and similar shields for other agencies.

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The February 11 executive order that could reduce federal staffing by as much as 75% also contains a provision for agency heads to report on statutorily required activities.

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Commissioners did not reach a majority vote so will take no action on a Nested Bean demand to update safe sleep guidelines regarding weighted infant sleep products.

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Commissioners approved the e-filing implementation rule with an extended general effective date of 18 months from publication.

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Standards development organizations (SDOs) such as ASTM and UL rely heavily on CPSC’s incident data to inform their standards development process.

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CPSC International Programs staff would move towards virtual training of foreign companies under the FY2025 Operating Plan commissioners approved 5-0 November 6.

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CPSC staffers October 4 repeated recent years' approach to the Operating Plan, giving two funding scenarios to consider for FY2025.

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Democratic CPSC Commissioners August 21 cast two votes against a retraction request from Dreamland Baby and to send the firm an explanatory letter.

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A July 23 House hearing on CPSC's FY2024 budget was a wide-ranging review of agency activities.

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Whether executive branch administrative trials involve legal issues often at issue in common law actions is at the center of a June 27 Supreme Court's decision that fraud proceedings at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) violate the 7th Amendment right to trial by jury.

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The 10th Circuit U.S. appeals court June 4 ruled Leachco cannot stop CPSC's administrative proceeding based solely on whether the commission's structure is constitutional.

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Budget tightening is set to be the focus of the May 8 commission briefing on midyear update to CPSC's FY2024 operating plan.

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Judges of the 5th Circuit U.S. appeals court April 16 denied a request for an en banc rehearing of the decision that upheld CPSC commissioners' removal protections.

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Republicans chairing the House committee and subcommittee that oversee CPSC March 4 asserted that the agency puts policy announcements behind a paywall when speaking before the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICHPSO).

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The Senate March 7 confirmed Douglas Dziak, by unanimous voice vote, to become a CPSC commissioner.

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Consumer product recalls announced by the CPSC in 2023 showed some troublesome extremes.

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The U.S. 5th Circuit appeals court January 17 upheld the protections CPSC commissioners enjoy against not-for-cause removal by presidents.

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Cost-benefit procedure was faulted September 12 by a three-judge panel to vacate CPSC's rule on custom window coverings.

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While the recent $11.5 M civil penalty agreement between Whirlpool and the CPSC certainly raised some eyebrows, what caught my attention are the technical issues behind this penalty.

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CPSC's July 27 hearing on battery fires, especially in micromobility, was marked by a consensus across stakeholders for commission rulemaking.