EPPC Launches the Administrative State Accountability Project


January 13, 2025


(Washington) — The Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC) is pleased to announce the launch of the Administrative State Accountability Project (ASAP). Under the leadership of Director Rachel N. Morrison, the Project advocates for an authentic understanding of the human person in the drafting, implementation, and rollback of federal agency regulations. 

Ryan T. Anderson, EPPC’s president, said “the administrative state has a very powerful, though largely invisible influence on law, politics, and culture in the United States. A single agency rule issued by unelected officials can in effect unilaterally rewrite laws passed by Congress. ASAP has rapidly become the most effective force in Washington countering abuses of the government’s regulatory authority on matters touching human identity, dignity, and flourishing. We look forward to working with the Trump administration to assist them in undoing Biden regulations that attacked human dignity and in promulgating ones that will promote it.”

Previously called the HHS Accountability Project, the new name more accurately reflects the expanded vision and work of the Project across multiple agencies on issues affecting health care, education, housing, and employment.

The Project is nationally recognized for numerous significant wins in defense of religious freedom, health care rights of conscience, and the right to life. The Biden-Harris administration recently withdrew multiple proposed rules that the Project team led public comment efforts on, and which would have imposed gender ideology and infringed on religious freedom.

WORLD Magazine has dubbed the ASAP team “regulations wranglers.”

Director Rachel Morrison stated, “I am excited to continue leading the Project in this next chapter. The new name acknowledges the full scope of the important work our team has done and will continue to do.”

Since its founding three years ago, Project scholars have submitted 40 public comments on agency rules, filed 39 amicus briefs, conducted 28 meetings with government officials. Additionally, Project scholars regularly educate others on the agency rulemaking process, specific rules, and how individuals and organizations can engage through public comments and meetings. These efforts have led to increased participation and more substantive public comments by allied organizations and their membership.

Under the new name, Project scholars will continue to engage in the agency rulemaking process by providing legal and policy expertise on proposed regulations, submitting public comments, meeting with government officials, and equipping others to participate. 

EPPC Fellow Eric Kniffin, Policy Analyst Natalie Dodson, and Legal Associate Sam Lucas also serve in the Administrative State Accountability Project. 

Read more about the Project, its team, and its ongoing efforts here.

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Media Inquiries:
Hunter Estes
Director of Communications
Ethics and Public Policy Center
[email protected]


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