Federal Rulemaking: Agencies Could Take Additional Steps to Respond to Public Comments

[摘要] A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Agencies did not publish a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), enabling the public to comment on a proposed rule, for about 35 percent of major rules and about 44 percent of nonmajor rules published during 2003 through 2010. A major rule has significant economic impact and may, for example, have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more. Agencies published a total of 568 major rules from 2003 through 2010. Agencies also published about 30,000 nonmajor rules during this period, which have less economic significance and can involve routine administrative issues."

[发布日期] 2012-12-20 [发布机构] United States. Government Accountability Office.

[关键词] Government accountability -- United States.;government operations;federal rulemaking;letter report