Recommendation 2022-2, Improving Notice of Regulatory Changes — offers best practices for agencies to ensure that members of the public receive effective notice of regulatory changes, focusing especially on the needs of parties with limited resources to monitor agency actions. It recommends that agencies consider a variety of possible strategies for improving notice of regulatory changes, including providing updates on agency websites, allowing the public to sign up for electronic notifications, announcing updates via email distribution lists, and coordinating with organizations that can provide updates to their members.
Each year federal agencies issue hundreds of thousands of pages of legislative rules, guidance documents, adjudicative orders, notices, and other materials that affect administrative programs. Although the law generally requires these materials be made public, individuals and organizations may lack the resources or expertise to track and understand regulatory changes that affect them. This is particularly true for...
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