Recommendation 2021-2, Periodic Retrospective Review – offers practical suggestions to agencies about how to establish periodic retrospective review plans. It provides guidance for agencies on identifying regulations for review, determining the optimal frequency of review, soliciting public feedback to enhance their review efforts, identifying staff to participate in review, and coordinating review with other agencies.
Citation: Admin. Conf. of the U.S., Recommendation 2021-2, Periodic Retrospective Review, 86 Fed. Reg. 36080 (July 8, 2021).
Retrospective review is the process by which agencies assess existing regulations and decide whether they need to be revisited. Consistent with longstanding executive-branch policy,[1] the Administrative Conference has endorsed the practice of retrospective review of agency regulations[2] and has urged agencies to consider conducting retrospective review under a specific timeframe, which is often known as “periodic retrospective...
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