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“The Office of Management and Budget should choose one central website where people can find covered guidance documents from federal agencies.”
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“The guidance posting system should apply to federal agencies covered by the main federal administrative procedure definition, with the OMB Director choosing the central website.”
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“People should be able to find federal agency guidance in one clear place instead of hunting across many agency websites.”
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“Federal agencies should put easy-to-see links on their websites to their guidance on the central site, and the central site should clearly label guidance documents and sort them into useful groups.”
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“Federal agencies should have to keep each linked proposed rule summary to 100 words or fewer, even when the rule is complex or technical.”
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“Federal agencies should have to include a web link to a short summary when they announce a proposed rule and post that summary on Regulations.gov.”
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“Federal agencies should have to write linked proposed rule summaries in clear, ordinary language instead of mainly using legal or technical wording.”
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“Federal agencies would have to publish the facts and studies behind rules, list planned rules and rollbacks twice a year, keep guidance documents easy to find online, and have GAO count current rules and estimate their total cost.”
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“Federal agencies should have to post each new covered guidance document online on the same day they issue it, unless FOIA protects the document or parts of it from public release.”
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“Federal agency memos, notices, bulletins, letters, blog posts, news releases, no-action letters, and official speeches should count as guidance when they explain agency policy or how an agency interprets a law or rule.”
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“Some important agency guidance documents would be treated like federal rules for congressional review and rulemaking process steps, even if the agency calls them guidance.”
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