For more than three decades, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in the Office of Management and Budget has conducted centralized review of federal agencies’ draft proposed and final regulations. The fundamental structures and principles governing the regulatory review process are currently set forth in Executive Order (EO) 12,866,[1] and subsequent EOs have reaffirmed this system of regulatory review.[2] Among...
Improving the Timeliness of OIRA Regulatory Review
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Project Stages:
1. Gather ideas - Completed2. Select ideas - Completed
3. Council approval - Completed
4. Picking a researcher - Completed
5. Committee consideration - Completed
6. Back to the council - Completed
7. Consideration by the full conference - Completed
8. Implementation - Current
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8. Implementation
Contacts
Statement # 18, Improving the Timeliness of OIRA Regulatory Review, highlights potential mechanisms for improving review times of rules under review by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), including promoting enhanced coordination between OIRA and agencies prior to the submission of rules, encouraging increased transparency concerning the reasons for delayed reviews, and ensuring that OIRA has adequate staffing to complete reviews in a timely manner.
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Final Recommendation
- Recommendation number: Statement #18
- Adopted on: December 6, 2013
- Committees: Administration and Management, Regulation
- Tags: Presidential Review, Statement
Implementation
At its Plenary Session on December 5-6, 2013, the Administrative Conference adopted Statement # 18 on Improving the Timeliness of OIRA Regulatory Review. The statement highlights potential mechanisms for improving review times for rules under review by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), including promoting enhanced coordination between OIRA and agencies prior to the submission of rules, encouraging increased transparency concerning the reasons for delayed reviews, and ensuring that OIRA has adequate staffing to complete reviews in a timely manner.
Project Documents
Committee Meetings & Events
October 29, 2013 Committee Meeting (Committee on Administration and Management)
October 29, 2013 - 2:00 pm EDT
Location name:
Administrative Conference of the United States
November 6, 2013 Committee Meeting(Committee on Administration and Management)
November 6, 2013 - 10:00 am EST
Location name:
Administrative Conference of the United States
59th Plenary Session
December 5, 2013 - 2:00 pm EST
December 6, 2013 - 9:00 am EST
Location name:
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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