OIRA Memo — Clarifying Regulatory Requirements: Executive Summaries

Attached is the January 4th Memorandum from OIRA on Executive Summaries.

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White House regulatory czar fails to publish rulemaking plan and agenda

Pumphandle

When an organization fails to get the little things right, I have difficulty believing they are competent to get the big things right either. That’s the way I feel about the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA).

OIRA is part of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), was created by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, and is charged with reviewing certain proposed federal regulations and approving agencies’ requests to collect data from the public. One of OIRA’s responsibilities, as outlined in the 1993 Executive Order (EO) 12866, is coordinating the publication of the Administration’s Regulatory Plan for the upcoming fiscal year. This document is supposed to be published in October to facilitate regulatory planning by affected parties and to make the rulemaking process more accessible to the public.

Top 10 Worst Federal Rules of 2011

From: Heritage Foundation

James Gattuso and Diane Katz

Hindsight is supposed to be 20/20, but looking back on the past 12 months, it’s tough to see any sense in many of the Administration’s regulatory missteps. Of course, there are bound to be a few howlers when government churns out more than 3,500 rules in a year, including dozens unleashed by Obamacare, Dodd–Frank, and the perpetually errant Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). But by any standard, 2011 brought forth a remarkable number and variety of regulatory blunders.

Questionable Conclusions About Bias at White House Regulatory Review Office

 

Huffingtion Post

The office in the White House that considers the costs and benefits of new regulations is being accused of bias in a recent report report by the Center for Progressive Reform (CPR). Concerned that the Obama administration is using its political compass to reduce public protections, the report lays blame at the feet of the somewhat obscure but extremely important Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA).

Focus on OIRA: A Repository

Editor’s Note:  This page will contain a repository of the articles from the home  page  on  Focus on OIRA.

The Valley Advocate Reports:

 

…American businesses have their very own captive counterregulatory agency within the executive branch, an office conceived to reduce paperwork that Reagan hijacked into an exceedingly business-friendly outfit bearing the deceptively wan name of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Under George W. Bush, OIRA became a veritable clearinghouse for obliging end-runs around federal regulations. All a petitioning business would have to do in the vast majority of cases was assert that a regulation would produce an adverse economic effect, and presto: the offending rule would be waived

OIRA Watch on Pending Regulatory Reform Legislation

 
 Some two dozen legislative proposals to improve the regulatory process are under consideration by the Congress. Nonetheless  the immediate relief needed for job creation can come though OIRA. Accordingly  we have launched  an interactive public docket (IPD), OIRA Watch,  aimed at demonstrating the need for OIRA to act on particular issues  of national interest.
 
 
 
 
The impact of any “Watch” site is heavily dependant  upon the credibility of its sponsor;  please view CRE’s credentials, giving particular attention to  the information contained in this link.

United States: Who Makes Agency Decisions?

Would appreciate CRE’s views on this author’s article http://bit.ly/vduec5

CPR Report on OIRA’s Meetings Ignores Their Context

Editor’s Note: Stakeholders are encouraged to comment on these opposing views. If we receive enough comments we will consider preparing a White Paper for submission to OIRA.
 
Stuart Shapiro
Reg Blog

Stuart Shapiro.jpgThe Center for Progressive Reform (CPR) recently issued a report fiercely criticizing the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) under the Obama Administration.  Among other things, the report claims that OIRA: