Federal Register: February 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 37)
DOCID: fr26fe09-82 FR Doc E9-4080
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Management and Budget Office
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr26fe09-82
DOCUMENT ACTION: Request for comments.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Federal Regulatory Review
DATES: Comments must be in writing and received by March 16, 2009.
DOCUMENT 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.
SUMMARY:
Federal Regulatory Review
SUPPLEMENTAL 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:
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. [FR Doc. E94080 Filed 22509; 8:45 am]
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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) 3956880.