The “good government” laws were enacted over the past forty years to give OMB and its predecessors and the public mechanisms to “regulate the regulators”
The “good government” laws include:
— Data Quality Act
— Paperwork Reduction Act
— Executive Order 12866-OMB Regulatory Review
— Regulatory Flexibility Act
— Congressional Review Act
An oral history of these laws is provided in a CRE documentary to the National Archives ..
A compilation of key documents leading to the development of these laws are on the website managed by CRE–TheOMB.US .