Return to Article: Agencies put regulatory plans online
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While the approach of publishing the Unified Regulatory Agenda and annual Regulatory Plan on the Web is nice in concept, it still fails to address the shortcomings associated with the information disclosed. OMB, or preferably GSA should ensure (instill controls) that the information negotiated between OMB and the agencies, and subsequently posted is accurate and complete. For example, the current publication references regulations scheduled to be published in January of 2008. However, many of the documents have yet to be submitted to OMB for their 60-day review period, much less finished navigating their way through an internal agency clearance process. At least, when the documents were published in the Federal Register, there was the perception of legitimacy and legality. Now, every time someone points out an inaccuracy in the documents, the standard response will be "Oh sorry we missed that, we will fix it right away", or "the web version has not been updated, yet" or even, "those darn web people; we will get the correct version up on the Web, ASAP. Thanks for pointing that out".
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