Send significant guidance documents through regulatory review
What the document says“The next President should also revive the directive in Executive Order 13891 that significant guidance documents also must pass through OIRA review.”
Guidance documents are agency statements that are not formal regulations but shape how rules are applied. The chapter says the next President should revive the requirement, from Executive Order 13891, that significant guidance also pass through OIRA review.
What the document actually says“The next President should also revive the directive in Executive Order 13891 that significant guidance documents also must pass through OIRA review.”
The next president should bring back the rule that big guidance papers must be checked too.
Agencies write papers that are not full rules. They still tell people what to do. The book says these should be checked by the White House first.
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