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• What challenges do institutions face
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• What role should Principal
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• There are likely to be differences in
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What are the pros and cons of exploring
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• How might online resources be
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• Discuss possible approaches to
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Comments: Comments regarding
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March 31, 2009. Please include your
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8243; fax: (703) 292–9171.
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ACTION:
Request for comments.
SUMMARY: The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) is
developing a set of recommendations to
the President for a new Executive Order
on Federal Regulatory Review, and
invites public comments on how to
improve the process and principles
governing regulation.
DATES: Comments must be in writing
and received by March 16, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by one of
the following methods:
• E-mail:
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
• Fax: (202) 395–7245.
• Mail: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Records
Management Center, Office of
Management and Budget, Attn: Mabel
Echols, Room 10102, NEOB, 725 17th
Street, NW.,Washington, DC 20503. We
are still experiencing delays in the
regular mail, including first class and
express mail. To ensure that your
comments are received on time, we
recommend that comments be
electronically submitted.
All comments submitted in response
to this notice will be made available to
the public on OMB’s Web site. For this
reason, please do not include in your
comments information of a confidential
nature, such as sensitive personal
information or proprietary information.
If you send an e-mail comment directly
to OMB, your e-mail address will be
automatically captured and included as
part of the comment that is placed in the
public docket and made available on the
Internet.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mabel Echols, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Records
Management Center, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10102,
NEOB, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503. Telephone:
(202) 395–6880.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For well
over two decades, the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
(OIRA) at OMB has reviewed Federal
regulations. The purposes of such
review have been to ensure consistency
with Presidential priorities, to
coordinate regulatory policy, and to
offer a dispassionate and analytical
’’second opinion’’ on agency actions.
In a recent Memorandum for the
Heads of Executive Departments and
Agencies, published in the Federal
Register [74 FR 5977], the President
directed the Director of OMB to produce
a set of recommendations for a new
Executive Order on Federal regulatory
review. Among other things, he stated
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that the recommendations should offer
suggestions for the following:
• The relationship between OIRA and
the agencies;
• Disclosure and transparency;
• Encouraging public participation in
agency regulatory processes;
• The role of cost-benefit analysis;
• The role of distributional
considerations, fairness, and concern for
the interests of future generations;
• Methods of ensuring that regulatory
review does not produce undue delay;
• The role of the behavioral sciences
in formulating regulatory policy; and
• The best tools for achieving public
goals through the regulatory process.
Executive Orders are not subject to
notice and comment procedures, and as
a general rule, public comment is not
formally sought before they are issued.
In this case, however, there has been an
unusually high level of public interest,
and because of the evident importance
and fundamental nature of the relevant
issues, the Director of OMB invites
public comments on the principles and
procedures governing regulatory review.
These comments will be read and
considered seriously even though no
responses will be given.
This public process is not intended to,
and does not, create any right or benefit,
substantive or procedural, enforceable at
law or in equity by any party against the
United States, its departments, agencies,
or entities, its officers, employees, or
agents, or any other person.
Kevin F. Neyland,
Acting Administrator, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Federal Regulatory Review
AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the
President.
ACTION: Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is
developing a set of recommendations to the President for a new
Executive Order on Federal Regulatory Review, and invites public
comments on how to improve the process and principles governing
regulation.
DATES: Comments must be in writing and received by March 16, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by one of the following methods:
E-mail: oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Fax: (202) 395-7245.
Mail: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Records Management Center, Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Mabel
Echols, Room 10102, NEOB, 725 17th Street, NW.,Washington, DC 20503. We
are still experiencing delays in the regular mail, including first
class and express mail. To ensure that your comments are received on
time, we recommend that comments be electronically submitted.
All comments submitted in response to this notice will be made
available to the public on OMB's Web site. For this reason, please do
not include in your comments information of a confidential nature, such
as sensitive personal information or proprietary information. If you
send an e-mail comment directly to OMB, your e-mail address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mabel Echols, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Records Management Center, Office of Management
and Budget, Room 10102, NEOB, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503. Telephone: (202) 395-6880.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For well over two decades, the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) at OMB has reviewed Federal
regulations. The purposes of such review have been to ensure
consistency with Presidential priorities, to coordinate regulatory
policy, and to offer a dispassionate and analytical ''second opinion''
on agency actions.
In a recent Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and
Agencies, published in the Federal Register [74 FR 5977], the President
directed the Director of OMB to produce a set of recommendations for a
new Executive Order on Federal regulatory review. Among other things,
he stated that the recommendations should offer suggestions for the
following:
The relationship between OIRA and the agencies;
Disclosure and transparency;
Encouraging public participation in agency regulatory
processes;
The role of cost-benefit analysis;
The role of distributional considerations, fairness, and
concern for the interests of future generations;
Methods of ensuring that regulatory review does not
produce undue delay;
The role of the behavioral sciences in formulating
regulatory policy; and
The best tools for achieving public goals through the
regulatory process.
Executive Orders are not subject to notice and comment procedures,
and as a general rule, public comment is not formally sought before
they are issued. In this case, however, there has been an unusually
high level of public interest, and because of the evident importance
and fundamental nature of the relevant issues, the Director of OMB
invites public comments on the principles and procedures governing
regulatory review. These comments will be read and considered seriously
even though no responses will be given.
This public process is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
Kevin F. Neyland,
Acting Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
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