Author: United States. Government Accountability OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Federal Rulemaking: Agencies Included Key Elements of Cost-benefit Analysis, But Explanations of Regulations' Significance Could be More Transparent. Report to Congress
Author: United States. Government Accountability OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Federal Rulemaking Agencies Included Key Elements of Cost-Benefit Analysis, But Explanations of Regulations? Significance Could Be More Transparent
Author: United States Government AccountabilityPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781511421645
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (PRA) established OIRA as an office within OMB. OIRA is responsible for the coordinated review of executive agency rulemakings to ensure that regulations are consistent with applicable laws, the President's priorities, and the principles set forth in executive orders. Agencies provide OIRA with basic summary information when drafting rules to determine if additional OIRA review is required.
Federal Rulemaking
Author: United States Government Accountability OfficePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781981739554
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Federal Rulemaking: Agencies Included Key Elements of Cost-Benefit Analysis, but Explanations of Regulations' Significance Could Be More Transparent [Reissued on September 12, 2014]
Federal Rulemaking
Author: Michelle SagerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781457857492
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Federal agencies issue thousands of regulations each year to achieve national goals. For the few hundred of these rules deemed to be significant, agencies are required to assess expected costs and benefits. For the subset of these rules estimated to have the greatest economic impact, agencies must also include an assessment of alternatives. This report reviewed agencies' compliance with broadly applicable directives and guidance related to significant federal rulemaking. It addresses (1) how often and to what extent significant, economically significant, and major rules include key elements for assessing or analyzing benefits and costs; and (2) how and to what extent agencies assess the quality of the scientific, technical, and other types of data they use to consider benefits and costs. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.
Cost-Benefit and Other Analysis Requirements in the Rulemaking Process
Author: Congressional Research Congressional Research ServicePublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781505587180
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Regulatory analytical requirements (e.g., cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis) have been established incrementally during the last 40 to 50 years through a series of presidential and congressional initiatives. The current set of requirements includes Executive Order 12866 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-4, the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), and the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA). These requirements vary in terms of the agencies and rules they cover, and the types of analyses that are required. For example, a regulatory analysis under the Regulatory Flexibility Act is not required if the agency head certifies that the rule will not have a "significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities." The most extensive and broadly applicable of the requirements are in Executive Order 12866 and OMB Circular A-4, but they do not apply to independent regulatory agencies. The statutes that provide rulemaking authority to independent regulatory agencies often require them to reconsider regulatory costs and benefits, and they often have less explicit requirements for cost-benefit analysis, if any. An OMB report indicated that independent regulatory agencies provided some information and costs and benefits in 76 of the 118 major rules they issued from FY2003 to FY2012. Cabinet departments and other agencies estimated monetary costs and benefits for some, but not all, of their rules. Several bills have been introduced in the 113th Congress that would codify and/or expand the current requirements for cost-benefit analysis. Congress could decide to keep the existing analytical framework in place, or could enact one or more of these reform proposals. Another more comprehensive approach could be to consolidate all of the analytical requirements in one place, and perhaps expand those requirements to include more agencies or rules, or to require different types of analysis. To do so, or to simply cover independent regulatory agencies by the executive order, the President could arguably amend Executive Order 12866 and OMB Circular A-4, or Congress could enact legislation. Any such changes must be cognizant of the state of existing law and practice in this area, and the resources and data required for agencies to carry out the analyses.
Should Agencies be Allowed to Keep Americans in the Dark about Regulatory Costs and Benefits?
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Federal Rulemaking
Author: Norman A. ElwinPublisher: Nova Science Publishers
ISBN: 9781634637244
Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Federal regulation, like taxing and spending, is one of the basic tools of government uses to implement public policy. Although not as frequently examined as congressional or presidential policy making, the process of developing and framing rules is viewed by some as central to the definition and implementation of public policy in the United States. Federal agencies issue thousands of regulations each year to achieve national goals. For the few hundred of these rules deemed to be significant, agencies are required to assess expected costs and benefits. For the subset of these rules estimated to have the greatest economic impact, agencies must also include an assessment of alternatives. This book addresses how often and to what extent significant, economically significant, and major rules include key elements for assessing or analyzing benefits and costs; and how and to what extent agencies assess the quality of the scientific, technical, and other types of data they use to consider benefits and costs. The purpose of this book is to provide Congress with an overview of the federal rulemaking process and a brief discussion of the major laws and executive orders that prescribe the procedures agencies are to apply when promulgating regulations.
The Administrative State
Author: Dwight WaldoPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351486330
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
This classic text, originally published in 1948, is a study of the public administration movement from the viewpoint of political theory and the history of ideas. It seeks to review and analyze the theoretical element in administrative writings and to present the development of the public administration movement as a chapter in the history of American political thought.The objectives of The Administrative State are to assist students of administration to view their subject in historical perspective and to appraise the theoretical content of their literature. It is also hoped that this book may assist students of American culture by illuminating an important development of the first half of the twentieth century. It thus should serve political scientists whose interests lie in the field of public administration or in the study of bureaucracy as a political issue; the public administrator interested in the philosophic background of his service; and the historian who seeks an understanding of major governmental developments.This study, now with a new introduction by public policy and administration scholar Hugh Miller, is based upon the various books, articles, pamphlets, reports, and records that make up the literature of public administration, and documents the political response to the modern world that Graham Wallas named the Great Society. It will be of lasting interest to students of political science, government, and American history.
The Cost-benefit State
Author: Cass R. SunsteinPublisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781590310540
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This book discusses the current topic of Federal Government regulations increasingly assessed by asking whether the benefits of the regulation justifies the cost of the regulation.
Regulation
Author: Jerry BritoPublisher: Mercatus Center at George Mason University
ISBN: 0983607737
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Federal regulations affect nearly every area of our lives and interest in them is increasing. However, many people have no idea how regulations are developed or how they have an impact on our lives. Regulation: A Primer by Susan Dudley and Jerry Brito provides an accessible overview of regulatory theory, analysis, and practice. The Primer examines the constitutional underpinnings of federal regulation and discusses who writes and enforces regulation and how they do it. Published by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, it also provides insights into the different varieties of regulation and how to analyze whether a regulatory proposal makes citizens better or worse off. Each chapter discusses key aspects of regulation and provides further readings for those interested in exploring these topics in more detail.