The purpose of the prompt letter is to suggest an issue that OMB believes is worthy of agency priority. Rather than being sent in response to the agency's submission of a draft rule for OIRA review, a "prompt" letter is sent on OMB's initiative and contains a suggestion for how the agency could improve its regulations.

• Letter to the National Institutes of Health regarding the National Toxicology Program Report on Carcinogens (November 16, 2004) (32k)
  
  
• Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency regarding BEACH Act of 2000 (April 16, 2004) (152k)
  
  
• Letter to the Department of the Interior regarding the critical habitat mapping data (August 21, 2003) (39k)
  • Response from the Department of the Interior regarding the critical habitat mapping data (August 21, 2003) (51k)
    
    
• Letter to the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services regarding dietary guidelines (May 27, 2003) (103k)
  
  
• Letter to the Department of Energy regarding EIA's National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) (February 24, 2003) (40k)
  • Response from the Department of Energy regarding EIA's National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) (March 17, 2003) (234k)
    
    
• OMB Memorandum for the Heads of Selected Independent Agencies: Independent Agency Response to Public Regulatory Reform Nominations (January 22, 2003) (119k)
  
  
• Letter to the Department of Agriculture regarding the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (November 18, 2002) (91k)
  • Response from the Department of Agriculture regarding the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (December 13, 2002) (84k)
    
    
• EPA and OMB Working to Speed the Reduction of Pollution From Nonroad Diesel Engines (June 7, 2002) (94k)
• Letter to the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) regarding corporate governance and disclosure by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (May 29, 2002)
  • Response from the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight on corporate governance and disclosure by Fannie May and Freddie Mac (June 28, 2002) (92k)
    
    
• Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency on Toxic Release Inventory Data (March 4, 2002)
• Response from the Environmental Protection Agency on toxic release inventory data (March 28, 2002) (105k)  
  
  
• Letter to the Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) regarding frontal offset crash test (December 7, 2001
• Response from the Department of Transportation on frontal offset crash test (January 14, 2002) (40k)  
• Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency regarding particulate matter (December 4, 2001)
• Response from the Environmental Protection Agency on particulate matter (March 12, 2002) (103k)
• Letter to the Department of Health and Human Services regarding trans fatty acid (September 18, 2001)
• Response from the Department of Health and Human Services on the trans fatty acid content of foods prompt letter (November 26, 2001) (42k)
• Letter to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration regarding automated external defibrillators (September 18, 2001)
• Response from the Department of Labor on the automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) (December 3, 2001) (164k)
• Response from the Department of Labor on the automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) (May 4, 2004) (225k)
• Press Release announcing Prompt Letters to HHS and DOL (September 18, 2001)