Virginia Proves Regulatory Streamlining Promotes Competitive Markets

President Trump recently issued an executive order directing federal agencies to eliminate regulations that hurt market competition.

Julian Zelizer : The president’s pro-competition order could be his most significant regulatory action to date.

He says top-down regulation tends to harm market competition by crowding out small businesses.

Zelizer says Virginia agencies have streamlined regulations by over 21% so far.

Virginia will partner with the Cicero Institute to launch an AI -empowered program that scans both regulations and guidance documents to identify streamlining opportunities.

DOGE has already used AI to great effect in its cost-cutting efforts, and it can follow Virginia ’s lead by using it in the regulatory space as well.