Background: Social media, including Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and other similar technologies, present new opportunities for agencies to engage the public in rulemaking activities...
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The Committee on Rulemaking considers the procedures that agencies use to promulgate, modify or rescind regulations.
Committee Contacts
Committee Meetings & Events
March 25, 2013 Committee Meeting(Committee on Rulemaking)
March 25, 2013 - 2:00 pm EDT
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Administrative Conference of the United States
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March 25, 2013 Committee Meeting
April 23, 2013 Committee Meeting(Committee on Rulemaking)
April 23, 2013 - 9:30 am EDT
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Administrative Conference of the United States
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April 23, 2013 Committee Meeting
November 14, 2012 Committee Meeting(Committee on Rulemaking)
November 14, 2012 - 1:00 pm EST
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Administrative Conference of the United States
Apr. 20, 2011 Committee Meeting(Committee on Rulemaking)
April 20, 2011 - 2:00 pm EDT
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Administrative Conference of the United States
Mar. 25, 2011 Committee Meeting(Committee on Rulemaking)
March 25, 2011 - 9:00 am EDT
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Administrative Conference of the United States
Committee Research Projects
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Traditionally, the notice-and-comment rulemaking process required by 5 U.S.C. § 553 was conducted on paper: the government issued a paper notice and the public submitted paper comments. Today it...
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This study focused on the many legal issues that arise in e-Rulemaking, including how agencies may use software to determine that submitted comments are identical or nearly identical, and whether...
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Background: In the last three months of a presidential administration, rulemaking activity increases considerably when compared to the same period in a non-transition year.* ...
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| Name | Role | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Robert S. Rivkin | Committee Chair, Government Member | Department of Transportation |
| Gary D. Bass | Public Member | Bauman Foundation |
| Elizabeth Dickinson | Government Member | Food and Drug Administration |
| Tobias Dorsey | Liaison Representative | U.S. Sentencing Commission |
| Neil R. Eisner | Senior Fellow | Department of Transportation |
| Cynthia R. Farina | Public Member | Cornell Law School |
| John Graham | Public Member | Indiana University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs |
| Sally Katzen | Senior Fellow | New York University School of Law |
| Jerry L. Mashaw | Public Member | Yale Law School |
| Randolph J. May | Public Member | Free State Foundation |
| Elizabeth A. M. McFadden | Government Member | Department of Education |
| Nina Mendelson | Public Member | University of Michigan Law School |
| Richard J. Pierce, Jr. | Public Member | The George Washington University Law School |
| Teresa Wynn Roseborough | Public Member | The Home Depot |
| William B. Schultz | Government Member | Department of Health and Human Services |
| Esa L. Sferra Bonistalli | Liaison Representative | Coast Guard |
| Robert A. Shapiro | Government Member | Department of Labor |
| Carol Ann Siciliano | Government Member | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Lon Smith | Government Member | Internal Revenue Service |
| Stephen Wood | Liaison Representative | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
