How to Engage the Public: OIRA's New Guidance to Agencies
OIRA published new public participation guidance for federal agencies, offering an important new framework for engaging the public in the regulatory process.
Commentaries & Insights
Our Commentaries and Insights are short-form publications intended to distill long-form research and synthesize current policymaking activity into easily understood concepts.
Care to Comment? Topics Discussed in Revised Circular A4 Public Comments
Overview of our analysis of the nearly 4,500 public comments received by OMB on its proposed revisions to Circular A-4 guidance on cost-benefit analysis
Biden’s Spring 2023 Unified Agenda
The new agenda largely follows the administration's previous iterations, but it does signal the initiation of rulemakings in several new areas
Circular A-4: A Comparison between the 2023 Draft and the 2003 Circular
Descriptive discussion of major changes in the 2023 Draft compared to the 2003 version
Regulating Junk Fees May Harm Consumers
Attempts to eliminate junk fees may harm rather than help both consumers and businesses.
Adding Public Engagement Upstream
Improving public participation in the rulemaking process by broadening engagement and expanding proactive outreach
Evaluating the Draft Circular A-4 which guides regulatory impact analysis across federal agencies
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
HUD’s proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule should commit to retrospective review and to providing technical support to program participants
Modernizing Regulatory Review Actions
The White House has announced substantive changes to federal regulatory practices