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Budget cuts push the Antitrust Division to shift its litigation portfolio toward criminal cartel cases (price-fixing, bid-rigging), which are the easiest to win because they fall under the per se rule.

💫 How does partisan control of governors shape how hard state agencies work to detect program errors? A new study of UI programs in all 50 states (2002–2021) finds Republican-appointed agencies pursue ~$2.65M more in overpayment detection per year than Democratic-appointed ones.

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This comes at the expense of nonmerger civil cases in the short term and merger cases in the long term. The shift isn't about doing less, it's a strategic move to boost performance metrics, signal competence to Congress, and rebuild the case for future funding.

@olehelby.bsky.social Aaron Deslatte

💫 New Issue Highlight: How do public agencies decide which programs to prioritize when their budgets get cut?

Recovered benefits move from claimants to employers. By George Krause & Ji Hyeun Hong: academic.oup.com/jpart/articl...

@pmra-1991.bsky.social Roskilde University Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen Seulki Lee @elizabethlinos.bsky.social @michael-siciliano.bsky.social Thad Calabrese Rick Vogel @gabilotta.bsky.social @nathanfavero.com @anadimand.bsky.social Melissa Falkær Olsen @sassmikkelsen.bsky.social

Read it in "How do public agencies respond to budgetary control? A theory of strategic task portfolios in public administration" by Jonghoon Lee: doi.org/10.1093/jopa...

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