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• Good Guidance Practices
• RegInfo.gov
• Regulations.gov
• Regulatory Review
• Meetings and Outside Communication
• OIRA Policies and Practices
• OIRA Reports in XML Format
• Reports to Congress
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• General Information
• Questions and Answers About OIRA
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• RegInfo.gov, where to find Federal regulatory information. The public can use this site to search the the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions and Regulatory Plan, as well as current and past OIRA regulatory reviews in accordance with EO 12866.
  
  
• Regulations.gov, your one-stop site to comment on Federal regulations. The public can use this site to send their comments electronically to agencies on Federal regulations published for comment in the Federal Register.
  
  
• Memorandum from the Chief of Staff Regarding Issuance of Agency Regulations at the End of the Administration (May 9, 2008) (2 pages, 303 kb)
  

• Good Guidance Practices
  • M-07-13, Implementation of Executive Order 13422 (amending Executive Order 12866) and the OMB Bulletin on Good Guidance Practices (April 25, 2007) (18 pages, 153 kb)
  • Regulatory Policy Officers (June 2008) (2 pages, 28 kb)
  • Final Bulletin for Agency Good Guidance Practices (January 25, 2007) (9 pages; 132 kb)
  • M-07-07 (OMB Bulletin No. 07-02), Issuance of OMB's "Final Bulletin for Agency Good Guidance Practices" (January 18, 2007) (23 pages, 159 kb)
  • Draft Office of Management and Budget Good Guidance Practices Bulletin and Request for Comment (November 23, 2005) (11 pages, 60 kb)
    -- Extension of Comment Period to January 9, 2006
        (December 19, 2005) (1 page, 17 kb)
  • Public Comments on the Proposed Bulletin on Good Guidance Practices
    
    
• Regulatory Review
  • Regulations under E.O. 12866 Review and Reviews Completed in last 30 days (updated daily)
  • Concluded Executive Order Reviews:
    • Historical Reports
    • Lists and Statistics
  • Return Letters
  • Prompt Letters
  • Review Letters
    
    
• Meetings and Outside Communication
  
  
• OIRA Policies and Practices
• Review of the Application of EU and US Regulatory Impact Assessment Guidelines on the Analysis of Impacts on International Trade and Investment, Final Report and Conclusions (May 2008) (31 pages, 238 kb)
  • Draft Report (November 8, 2007) (25 pages, 213 kb)
• Public Comments
• M-07-24, Updated Principles for Risk Analysis (September 19, 2007) (13 pages, 156 kb)
• M-07-13, Implementation of Executive Order 13422 (amending Executive Order 12866) and the OMB Bulletin on Good Guidance Practices (April 25, 2007) (18 pages, 153 kb)
• Memorandum from John D. Graham to the President's Management Council on "OMB's Circular No. A-4, New Guidelines for the Conduct of Regulatory Analysis" (March 2, 2004) (1 page, 74 kb)
• Memorandum from John D. Graham and Karen S. Evans to the President's Management Council on "Regulations.Gov"
  (March 1, 2004) (3 pages, 152 kb)
• Circular A-4, "Regulatory Analysis" (September 17, 2003) (48 pages, 435 kb)
• Memorandum from John D. Graham to the President's Management Council on "Benefit-Cost Methods and Lifesaving Rules"
  (May 30, 2003) (2 pages, 122 kb)
• Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review, and Amendments
• Memorandum of Understanding Between the Office of Advocacy, SBA and the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB (March 19, 2002) (5 pages, 166 kb)
• OIRA Disclosure Policies
• M-01-09, Effective Regulatory Review (January 26, 2001) (2 pages, 7 kb)
• Memorandum from Andrew Card, "Regulatory Review Plan" (January 20, 2001) (2 pages, 294 kb)
• Presidential Review of Agency Rulemaking by OIRA (September 20, 2001)
• M-00-02, Guidance for Implementing E.O. 13132, "Federalism" (October 28, 1999) (17 pages, 57  kb)
• Principles for Risk Analysis (January 12, 1995) (5 pages, 224 kb)
  
  
• Reports to Congress
  
  
• For Agencies
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