DOJ Significant Guidance Documents

On January 18, 2007, the President issued Executive Order 13422, "Amendment to Executive Order 12866 for Regulatory Planning and Review." On that same day, the OMB Director issued a related document, the OMB Bulletin on Agency Good Guidance Practices (the GGP Bulletin). The primary focus of the Executive Order and the Bulletin is on improving the way the Federal government does business with respect to guidance documents - by increasing their quality, transparency, accountability, and coordination. Executive Order 13422 and the GGP Bulletin will ensure that guidance documents are of high quality, developed with appropriate agency review and public participation, and readily accessible by the public.

Components of the Department of Justice that have issued guidance which is "significant" as defined by Executive Order 13422 and the GGP have posted that guidance on their web sites. In addition, Justice components have also posted many guidance documents on their web pages that are useful and helpful to the public, though they do not rise to the level of a "significant" guidance document.

Members of the public should refer to the web sites for individual Justice components to locate and review the guidance documents that the components have issued. Members of the public having feedback or complaints regarding Justice significant guidance documents should contact the component that has issued the guidance. In the event that a member of the public is unable to contact a particular component of the Department concerning a significant guidance matter, an email describing the problem may be sent to: olpregs@usdoj.gov. In order to ensure proper processing of your comment you should include the words "SIGNIFICANT GUIDANCE" in the subject line of your email.

Links to Department of Justice Components Having Issued Significant Guidance Documents

• Antitrust Division (ATR)
• Civil Rights Division (CRT)
• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
• Executive Office for United States Trustees (EOUST)
• Office of Justice Programs (OJP)
• Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)

Other Significant Guidance Documents

• The National Guidelines for Sex Offender Registration and Notification (May 30, 2007)

Additional Resources

• List of Department of Justice Components
• Executive Order 13422: Amendment to Executive Order 12866 for Regulatory Planning and Review
• OMB Good Guidance Practices Bulletin

For further assistance and better understanding of agency guidance and its relationship to current or proposed Federal regulations, see Regulations.gov