Improving Regulations

As called for by President Obama in Executive Order 13563, "to facilitate the periodic review of existing significant regulations," GSA finalized its plan to perform a retrospective review of existing significant regulations.  The menu to the left directs you to the following GSA regulations:  the Federal Management Regulation, the Federal Travel Regulation, and the General Services Acquisition Regulation.  GSA’s plan identifies regulations that should be amended, revised, streamlined, or removed to make the Agency's regulatory program more effective or less burdensome in achieving the regulatory objectives.

The January 2012, updated plan reflects the latest activities concerning the regulatory analysis.  The highlighted activities address progress and accomplishments as well as a targeted or completion date for each rule and information collection. 

Comments were received through 06/30/2011 on developing a plan and process to complete a thorough analysis of rules that may be outdated, ineffective, inadequate, or excessively burdensome; and, to modify, streamline, expand or remove those regulations.  GSA’s Retrospective Analysis of Existing Rules plan was approved on 08/18/2011.  Our plan has been updated as of January 9, 2012.   

While our aim is to define a method and schedule for periodically identifying certain significant rules that warrant revision or removal because they are no longer justified or necessary, our review also may reveal that an existing rule is needed, or that has not operated as well as expected, and that a stronger, expanded, or somewhat different approach is justified.

Thank you in advance for your continued input on this important effort.

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