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Draft Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Agency Compliance With the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requests comments on its Draft Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Agency Compliance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, available at www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information-regulatory- affairs/reports. The Draft Report is divided into two parts, the first of which is further divided into several chapters. Part I, chapter I examines the benefits and costs of major Federal regulations issued in fiscal year 2023. Part I, chapter II discusses regulatory impacts on State, local, and Tribal governments, small business, wages and employment, and economic growth. Part I, chapter III offers recommendations for regulatory reform. Part II summarizes agency compliance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. OMB requests that comments be submitted electronically to OMB by December 9, 2024, through www.regulations.gov using Docket ID OMB-2024-0012.
Request for Information: Executive Branch Agency Handling of Commercially Available Information Containing Personally Identifiable Information
As part of its implementation of Executive order, Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is requesting public input on issues related to Federal agency collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, and disposition of commercially available information (CAI) containing personally identifiable information (PII).
Fundamental Responsibilities of Recognized Statistical Agencies and Units
Public trust in Federal statistics is essential to their value and use in informing decisions across public and private sectors. To promote public trust in the statistical agencies and units that produce Federal statistics, the Office of Management and Budget issues this final rule pursuant to Title III of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (Evidence Act) to provide direction to Recognized Statistical Agencies and Units (RSAUs) in carrying out their four fundamental responsibilities: produce and disseminate relevant and timely statistical information, conduct credible and accurate statistical activities, conduct objective statistical activities, and protect the trust of information providers by ensuring the confidentiality and exclusive statistical use of their responses. This final rule also provides direction to other Federal agencies to enable, support, and facilitate RSAUs in carrying out these four fundamental responsibilities.
Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance; Corrections
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is correcting the final guidance that appeared in the Federal Register on April 22, 2024. This document reverses a change to a title heading and makes technical amendments clarifying specific language in three parts.
Notice of Training Session: Effective Participation in Executive Order 12866 Meetings With the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (With Live Translation in Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, and ASL Interpretation)
Interested members of the public may request a meeting with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) to present their views about a regulatory action that is under OIRA review. These meetings, known as E.O. 12866 meetings, serve as listening sessions for OIRA officials and representatives from the agency or agencies taking the regulatory action. To assist members of the public seeking to request an E.O. 12866 meeting, OIRA has modified its website and posted an instructional video (in English and Spanish) and a step-by-step guide to requesting a meeting on its website. Moreover, to encourage participation by those who have not historically requested E.O. 12866 meetings, including those from underserved communities, OIRA will offer periodic and accessible trainings on effective participation in E.O. 12866 meetings. OIRA has recently held three training sessions on E.O. 12866 meeting participation, including one training session conducted entirely in Spanish to assist Spanish-speaking members of the public who may wish to request an E.O. 12866 meeting in the future. OIRA is offering another training session on E.O. 12866 meeting participation next month. This training session will have live audio translation in Spanish and Mandarin Chinese, in addition to ASL interpretation and English captioning.
Notice of Training Session: Effective Public Participation in the Public Comment Process With the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (With Live Translation in Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, and ASL Interpretation)
The notice-and-comment Federal rulemaking process allows any member of the public to submit a comment on an agency's proposed rule, and in developing any final rule the agency generally must respond to relevant and significant public comments. As part of its efforts to strengthen public engagement in the Federal regulatory process, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is offering a training session on effective public participation in the public comment process. OIRA recently held two training sessions on effective public participation in the public comment process. Next month, OIRA is offering another training session. This training session will have live audio translation in Spanish and Mandarin Chinese, in addition to ASL interpretation and English captioning.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
The Office of Management and Budget is discontinuing two systems of records, OMB/ADSER/02, Staff Parking Application File and OMB/PERSL/01, Recruiting Records. For the Staff Parking Application File SORN (OMB/ADSER/02), OMB no longer processes or issues parking permits, and as such, does not maintain this system. The Recruiting Records SORN (OMB/PERSL/01) is no longer needed because the Office of Personnel Management issued a government-wide SORN (OPM/GOVT-5) after OMB issued the Recruiting Records SORN in 2000. OPM/GOVT-5 governs all of the records contained in OMB's 2000 Recruiting Records SORN.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 and Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-108, Federal Agency Responsibilities for Review, Reporting, and Publication under the Privacy Act, notice is hereby given that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is modifying the following system of records: "Private Relief Legislation, OMB/LEGIS/01."
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 and Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-108, Federal Agency Responsibilities for Review, Reporting, and Publication under the Privacy Act, notice is hereby given that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is establishing the following new system of records: "OMB Human Capital System, OMB/OMB/PERSL/02." This system covers all information pertaining to OMB's human capital operations and services that is neither covered by relevant existing Government-wide systems of records notices (e.g., OPM/GOVT-1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10; DOL/GOVT-1; EEOC/ GOVT-1; and MSPB-GOVT-1) nor maintained by the Office of Administration and are therefore exempt from the Privacy Act requirements.
Proposed Designation of Databases to the Do Not Pay Working System
The Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA) authorizes the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to designate additional databases for inclusion in the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) Do Not Pay Working System under the Do Not Pay Initiative. PIIA requires OMB to provide public notice and an opportunity for comment prior to designating additional databases. In fulfillment of this requirement, OMB is publishing this Notice of Proposed Designation to provide the public an opportunity to comment on the proposed designation of: Treasury's Account Verification Services (AVS); and Treasury's Death Notification Entries (DNE). This notice has a 30-day comment period.
OMB Sequestration Update Report to the President and Congress for Fiscal Year 2025
OMB is issuing the OMB Sequestration Update Report to the President and Congress for Fiscal Year 2025 to report on the status of the discretionary caps and on the compliance of pending discretionary appropriations legislation with those caps.
Notice of Training Session: Effective Participation in Executive Order 12866 Meetings With the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (in Spanish)
Interested members of the public may request a meeting with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) to present their views about a regulatory action that is under OIRA review. These meetings, known as E.O. 12866 meetings, serve as listening sessions for OIRA officials and representatives from the agency or agencies taking the regulatory action. To assist members of the public seeking to request an E.O. 12866 meeting, OIRA has modified its website and posted an instructional video and a step-by-step guide to requesting a meeting, in English and Spanish, on its website. Moreover, to encourage participation by those who have not historically requested E.O. 12866 meetings, including those from underserved communities, OIRA will offer periodic and accessible trainings on effective participation in E.O. 12866 meetings. OIRA has recently held two training sessions on E.O. 12866 meeting participation. To assist Spanish-speaking members of the public who may wish to request an E.O. 12866 meeting in the future, OIRA will hold a training session in Spanish.
Notice of Training Sessions: Effective Participation in the Public Comment Process With the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
The notice-and-comment Federal rulemaking process allows any member of the public to submit a comment on an agency's proposed rule, and in developing any final rule the agency generally must respond to relevant and significant public comments. As part of its efforts to strengthen public engagement in the Federal regulatory process, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will offer training sessions on effective public participation in the public comment process.
Conformance of Cost Accounting Standards to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for Operating Revenue and Lease Accounting
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Cost Accounting Standards Board (CAS Board or the Board), is releasing this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to elicit public comments on proposed changes to the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) to conform them with changes in Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) related to operating revenue and lease accounting. This proposed rule follows issuance of an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) 85 FR 70572 (November, 5, 2020), and a Staff Discussion Paper (SDP) 84 FR 9143 (March 13, 2019).
Conformance of Cost Accounting Standards to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for Compensated Personal Absence and Depreciation of Tangible Capital Assets
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Cost Accounting Standards Board (CAS Board or the Board), is releasing this advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) to elicit public comments on proposed changes to the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) on conformance to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) related to CAS 408, Accounting for costs of compensated personal absence, and CAS 409, Cost accounting standard depreciation of tangible capital assets, to GAAP. This ANPRM follows issuance of an SDP 84 FR 9143 (March 13, 2019).
Notice of Listening Sessions: Broadening Public Participation and Community Engagement in the Regulatory Process
On July 19, 2023, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a Memorandum, Broadening Public Participation and Community Engagement in the Regulatory Process, providing guidance to agencies on how to promote equitable and meaningful participation by a range of interested and affected parties, including members of underserved communities, during the regulatory process. The Memorandum also established guidance for agencies to implement the Executive Order on Modernizing Regulatory Review's call for proactive engagement to inform the development of regulatory actions and plans, with a focus on early engagement in agency priority-setting. In developing the Memorandum, OIRA drew on extensive engagement with the public, including four listening sessions and two public comment periods. In the Memorandum, OIRA anticipated organizing a follow-up listening session approximately twelve months from its issuance, to hear from members of the public about implementation of this guidance and opportunities for improvement. OIRA will hold three listening sessions to receive public input on the public's experience engaging with agency's rulemaking processes since the Memorandum's release.
Application of Cost Accounting Standards to Indefinite Delivery Vehicles
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Cost Accounting Standards Board (CAS Board or the Board), is announcing the availability a document, from case 2021-01, intended to elicit public views on whether and how to amend the Board's rules to address the application of Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) to indefinite delivery vehicles (IDVs).
Notice of Training Sessions: Effective Participation in Executive Order 12866 Meetings With the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Pursuant to Executive Order 12866, interested members of the public may request a meeting with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) to present their views about a regulatory action that is under OIRA review. These meetings, known as E.O. 12866 meetings, serve as listening sessions for OIRA officials and representatives from the agency or agencies taking the regulatory action. Section 2(e) of Executive Order 14094 (Modernizing Regulatory Review) directed the OIRA Administrator to implement reforms designed to protect public trust in the regulatory process, including ensuring access for meeting requesters who have not historically requested such meetings. On December 20, 2023, OIRA issued Guidance Implementing Section 2(e) of Executive Order 14094 (Guidance), describing OIRA's E.O. 12666 meeting policy, and its strategy for inclusive and transparent meetings. To assist members of the public seeking to request an E.O. 12866 meeting, OIRA has modified its website and posted an instructional video and a step-by-step guide to requesting a meeting, in English and Spanish, on its website. As outlined in the Guidance, to encourage participation by those who have not historically requested E.O. 12866 meetings, including those from underserved communities, OIRA will offer periodic and accessible trainings on effective participation in E.O. 12866 meetings. For calendar year 2024, OIRA will be holding two virtual sessions to provide training on how to request and how to effectively participate in E.O. 12866 meetings.
Statistical Policy Directive No. 10 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)-Request for Comments on Possible Revision for 2028
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), on behalf of the Standard Occupational Classification Policy Committee (SOCPC), announces the review of the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Manual for potential revisions to be made for 2028 and solicits public comment. This review and possible revision of the 2018 SOC is intended to be completed by the beginning of 2027 and then released to begin use in reference year 2028. Details about these topics are available in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.
Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act Regulations
The Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") is issuing a final rule revising its regulations implementing the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"). These revisions update OMB's regulations to reflect changes in OMB's current organizational structure and best practices. The revisions also ensure consistency between the access to records procedures in OMB's Privacy Act regulations and OMB's FOIA regulations, and with applicable law and policies that were enacted after OMB originally issued its Privacy Act regulations in 1976. Finally, the revisions align OMB's regulations with those of other agencies.
Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements
This document announces the availability of the 2024 Compliance Supplement (2024 Supplement) for the Office of Management and Budget's guidance on uniform administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements for Federal awards. This document also offers interested parties an opportunity to comment on the 2024 Supplement.
Acquisition Data Management
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is issuing a Circular entitled "Strategic Management of Acquisition Data and Information." This Circular will improve agency access to reliable data and information at the point of need throughout the acquisition lifecycle to ensure successful contracting outcomes without duplicating data, tools, or effort. The Circular establishes a centralized data management strategy to allow for the creation of more comprehensive knowledge and data banks, the development of standard data sharing processes, and improved access to tools and resources for acquisition-related decision-making in a Hi-Definition Intelligent Acquisition Data Environment.
Cost Accounting Standards Board Meeting Agenda
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Cost Accounting Standards Board (CAS Board) is publishing this notice to advise the public of its upcoming meetings. The meetings are closed to the public.
Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is revising the OMB Guidance for Grants and Agreements, which is now called the OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance. The final guidance reflects public comments received in response to the OMB Notification of Proposed Guidance published in October 2023 and comments received from Federal agencies. In response to comments, OMB is revising and updating the guidance to incorporate recent OMB policy priorities related to Federal financial assistance and to reduce agency and recipient burden. OMB is also incorporating certain statutory requirements and clarifying certain sections of the prior version of the guidance that recipients or agencies have interpreted in different ways. OMB is also making revisions to use plain language, improve flow, and address inconsistent use of terms within the guidance text. Finally, OMB is making revisions to improve Federal financial assistance management, transparency, and oversight through more accessible and readily comprehensible guidance.
Request for Information: Responsible Procurement of Artificial Intelligence in Government
This request for information on the responsible procurement of artificial intelligence is being issued concurrently with the release of the OMB Memorandum titled Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence (the "AI M- memo"). Executive Order 14110, Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence, directed OMB within 180 days of the issuance of the AI M-memo to develop an initial means to ensure that agency contracts for the acquisition of AI systems and services align with the guidance provided in the AI M-memo and advance the other aims identified in the Advancing American AI Act ("AI Act").
Revisions to OMB's Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity
By this Notice, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is announcing revisions to Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (SPD 15). The revised SPD 15 is presented at the end of this Notice; it replaces and supersedes OMB's 1997 Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity. OMB is taking this action to meet its responsibilities to develop and oversee the implementation of Government-wide principles, policies, standards, and guidelines concerning the development, presentation, and dissemination of statistical information. These revisions to SPD 15 are intended to result in more accurate and useful race and ethnicity data across the Federal government.
Methods and Leading Practices for Advancing Public Participation and Community Engagement With the Federal Government
The Federal Government is committed to making it easier for the American people to engage with their Government, and to harnessing their knowledge, needs, and lived experiences to improve how Government works for them and with them. Federal laws and Executive directives require agencies to frequently consult with the public to inform regulations, policies, program and service design, and other actions. However, these consultation efforts may be perceived as inaccessible, convoluted, or disconnected from the interests and priorities of impacted stakeholders. According to the 2023 Partnership for Public Service (PPS) survey on trust in government, only about 1 in 5 Americans believe that the Federal Government ``listens to the public'' or ``is transparent.'' The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in partnership with Federal agencies and the public, is working to develop a government- wide framework, common guidelines, and leading practices for public participation and community engagement (PPCE or ``participation and engagement''). This framework will enable agencies to more frequently, effectively, broadly, and meaningfully involve the public, including underserved communities, in government decision-making. Through this Request for Information (RFI), OMB seeks input on the experiences of individuals and organizations, including from underserved communities, with informing Federal Government decision- making and participating in engagement activities with government agencies; examples of leading practices in this space; and other recommendations on available methods, approaches, and tools that could assist in the effort to develop and implement a Federal framework for participation and engagement. OMB welcomes input from a wide and diverse array of stakeholders in the public, private, advocacy, not- for-profit, and philanthropic sectors, including State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments. OMB will review and consider the usability and applicability of responses to this RFI as OMB develops a Federal framework for PPCE and supports agencies in their work to ensure that their policies and actions are responsive to all Americans.
Cost Accounting Standards Board Meeting Agenda
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Cost Accounting Standards Board (CAS Board) is publishing this notice to advise the public of its recent and upcoming meetings. The meetings are closed to the public.
Update of Statistical Policy Directive No. 3: Compilation, Release, and Evaluation of Principal Federal Economic Indicators-Changing Timing of Public Comments by Employees of the Executive Branch
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announces the adoption of a revised Statistical Policy Directive No. 3: Compilation, Release, and Evaluation of Principal Federal Economic Indicators (Directive No. 3). The procedures in Directive No. 3, published in 1985, were designed to ensure equitable, policy-neutral, and timely release and dissemination of Principal Federal Economic Indicators. The goals of Directive No. 3 remain sound; this Notice announces the adoption of procedures consistent with these goals to reflect advances in communication technologies and methods. OMB has solely modified the provision, ``employees of the Executive Branch shall not comment publicly on the data until at least one hour after the official release time,'' by replacing ``one hour'' with ``thirty minutes.'' This change reduces the delay after official release time before commentary from employees of the Executive Branch, while retaining a necessary time delay between policy-neutral release of the official statistics and subsequent Executive Branch interpretations of this statistical data.
Request for Information: Privacy Impact Assessments
Pursuant to the Executive order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is requesting public input on how privacy impact assessments (PIAs) may be more effective at mitigating privacy risks, including those that are further exacerbated by artificial intelligence (AI) and other advances in technology and data capabilities.
Notice; 2023 Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act Annual Report
This report is being published as required by the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Act of 2010. The Act requires that OMB issue an annual report and a sequestration order, if necessary.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comments; Information on Meetings With Outside Parties
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing to revise the information collection 0348-0065 that it uses for members of the public who request a meeting with OIRA on rules under review. The information collected would be subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) and this notice announces and requests comment on OIRA's proposal for such a collection.
Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Federal Programs
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-94 specifies certain discount rates to be updated annually when the interest rate and inflation assumptions used to prepare the Budget of the United States Government are changed. These updated discount rates are found in Appendix C of the Circular and are to be used for cost- effectiveness analysis, including lease-purchase analysis, as specified in the revised Circular. These rates do not apply to regulatory analysis. The revised Appendix C of Circular No. A-94 can be accessed at https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Circula rA- 94AppendixC.pdf.
Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act Regulations
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) seeks public comment on a proposed rule that would revise OMB's regulations implementing the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). These revisions would update OMB's regulations to reflect changes in OMB's current organizational structure and best practices. The proposed amendments would also ensure consistency between the access to records procedures in OMB's Privacy Act regulations and OMB's FOIA regulations; and with applicable law and policies that were enacted after OMB originally issued its Privacy Act regulations in 1976. The proposed revisions would also align OMB's regulations with those of other agencies.
Request for Comments on Updated Guidance for Modernizing the Federal Risk Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP); Extension of Public Comment Period
On October 27, 2023, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a notice entitled ``Request for Comments on Updated Guidance for Modernizing the Federal Risk Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP).'' OMB is extending the public comment period announced in that notice, which currently closes on November 27, 2023, by 26 days. The comment period will now remain open until December 22, 2023, to allow additional time for the public to review and comment on the initial proposals.
Acquisition Data Management
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing a new OMB Circular, Strategic Management of Acquisition Data and Information. The purpose of this Circular is to improve agency access to reliable data and information. Using relevant acquisition data throughout the acquisition lifecycle facilitates successful contracting outcomes. This Circular establishes a centralized data management strategy to create robust knowledge and data banks, develop standard data sharing processes, and improve agency access to tools and resources for acquisition-related decision-making.
Issuance of Revised OMB Circular No. A-4, “Regulatory Analysis”
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is announcing the issuance of the revised Circular A-4, ``Regulatory Analysis.''
Issuance of Revised OMB Circular No. A-94, “Guidelines and Discount Rates for Benefit-Cost Analysis of Federal Programs”
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is announcing the issuance of the revised Circular A-94, ``Guidelines and Discount Rates for Benefit-Cost Analysis of Federal Programs.''
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 and Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-108, Federal Agency Responsibilities for Review, Reporting, and Publication under the Privacy Act, notice is hereby given that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is establishing the following new system of records: ``OMB Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act Requests System of Records, OMB/FOIAPA/ 01.'' This system covers all information pertaining to Freedom of Information (FOIA) or Privacy Act requests and information relating to other agencies' FOIA or Privacy Act requests received through the National FOIA Portal (www.foia.gov), email, hardcopy communications, and other authorized means, including OMB's FOIA and Privacy Act tracking, management, reporting, and e-Discovery software and tools. This system also covers information pertaining to any administrative appeals or litigation relating to FOIA or Privacy Act requests to OMB or to another agency.
Request for Comments on Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence Draft Memorandum
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is seeking public comment on a draft memorandum titled Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). As proposed, the memorandum would establish new agency requirements in areas of AI governance, innovation, and risk management, and would direct agencies to adopt specific minimum risk management practices for uses of AI that impact the rights and safety of the public. The full text of the draft memorandum is available for review at https:// www.ai.gov/input and https://www.regulations.gov.
Draft Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Agency Compliance With the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requests comments on its Draft Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Agency Compliance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, available at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information- regulatory-affairs/reports/. The Draft Report is divided into two parts, the first of which is further divided into several chapters. Part I's Chapter I examines the benefits and costs of major Federal regulations issued in fiscal years 2020, 2021 and 2022. Chapter II discusses regulatory impacts on State, Local, and tribal governments, small business, wages and employment, and economic growth. Chapter III offers recommendations for regulatory reform. Part II summarizes agency compliance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. OMB requests that comments be submitted electronically to OMB by December 15, 2023, through www.regulations.gov using Docket ID OMB-2023-0019.
Request for Comments on Updated Guidance for Modernizing the Federal Risk Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP)
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is seeking public comment on a proposed memorandum titled, Modernizing the Federal Risk Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP).
Guidance for Grants and Agreements
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing to revise sections of OMB Guidance for Grants and Agreements. This proposed revision reflects comments received from Federal agencies and those received in response to the OMB Notice of Request for Information published in the Federal Register in February 2023. In response to Federal agency and public input, OMB is proposing revisions intended in many cases to reduce agency and recipient burden. OMB proposes both policy changes and clarifications to existing guidance including plain language revisions. OMB also proposes to update the guidance to reflect recent OMB priorities related to Federal financial assistance. Finally, OMB is proposing revisions to improve Federal financial assistance management, transparency, and oversight through more accessible and readily comprehensible guidance.
Statistical Policy Directive No. 3: Compilation, Release, and Evaluation of Principal Federal Economic Indicators-Proposal To Change Timing of Public Comments by Employees of the Executive Branch
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issues a request for public comments on a proposal to modify one provision within Statistical Policy Directive No. 3: Compilation, Release, and Evaluation of Principal Federal Economic Indicators (Directive No. 3). The procedures in Directive No. 3, published in 1985, were designed to ensure equitable, policy-neutral, and timely release and dissemination of Principal Federal Economic Indicators (PFEIs). The goals of Directive No. 3 remain sound; this Notice proposes updates to procedures consistent with these goals to reflect advances in communication technologies and methods. In particular, OMB proposes to modify the provision, ``employees of the Executive Branch shall not comment publicly on the data until at least one hour after the official release time,'' by replacing ``one hour'' with ``thirty minutes.'' This proposed change would reduce the delay after official release time before commentary from employees of the Executive Branch. Additional discussion of the request for public comment may be found in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.
Guidance for Grants and Agreements
The Office of Management and Budget is revising the OMB Guidance for Grants and Agreements. The revisions are limited in scope to support implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act provisions of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and to clarify existing provisions related to domestic preferences. These revisions provide further guidance on implementing the statutory requirements and improve Federal financial assistance management and transparency.
OMB Sequestration Update Report to the President and Congress for Fiscal Year 2024
OMB is issuing the OMB Sequestration Update Report to the President and Congress for Fiscal Year 2024 to report on the status of the discretionary spending limits and on the compliance of pending discretionary appropriations legislation with those limits.
Fundamental Responsibilities of Recognized Statistical Agencies and Units
Public trust in Federal statistics is essential to their value and use in informing decisions across public and private sectors. To promote public trust in the statistical agencies and units that produce Federal statistics, the Office of Management and Budget proposes to issue regulations pursuant to Title III of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (Evidence Act) that provide direction to statistical agencies and units. These proposed regulations also would provide direction to other Federal agencies to enable, support, and facilitate statistical agencies and units in carrying out four fundamental responsibilities: produce and disseminate relevant and timely statistical information, conduct credible and accurate statistical activities, conduct objective statistical activities, and ensure the confidentiality and exclusive statistical use of data collected for statistical purposes.
Request for Comments on Proposed Guidance for Assessing Changes in Environmental and Ecosystem Services in Benefit-Cost Analysis
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is requesting comments on proposed guidance for assessing changes in environmental and ecosystem services in benefit-cost analysis.
Proposed OMB Circular No. A-4 Modernization-Extension of Public Comment Period
On April 7, 2023, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a notice entitled ``Request for Comments on Proposed OMB Circular No. A-4, `Regulatory Analysis.''' OMB is extending the public comment period announced in that notice, which currently closes on June 6, 2023, by 14 days. The comment period will now remain open until June 20, 2023, to allow additional time for the public to review and comment on the initial proposals.
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