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Regulatory czar nominee pledges to speed up review process
President Barack Obama's pick to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) pledged to clear up delays in the regulatory process if confirmed by the Senate. Appearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Wednesday, Howard Shelanski said improving the timeliness of OIRA's work -- which has come in for criticism from Republican lawmakers and transparency groups, alike -- is among his top priorities.
Tags: Congress , Senate , Management , regulations , Howard Shelanski , Public Citizen , OMB , Carl Levin , Rob Portman , Unified Agenda , Jack Moore
Obama nominates new regulatory czar
President Barack Obama announced he will nominate Federal Trade Commission official Howard Shelanski to serve as the head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA).
Tags: Cass Sunstein , Howard Shelanski , OMB , people , regulations , Jack Moore
House Republicans blast OIRA over late regulations report
The chairmen of the House Oversight and Judiciary committees have written to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) demanding to know why the public release of a report on upcoming federal regulations is behind schedule. In a letter to the agency, Reps. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Lamar Smith (R-Texas), the chairmen of the Oversight and Government Reform and Judiciary committees, respectively, say OIRA has not been forthcoming about the expected publication date of a report that should have been released months ago.
Tags: OMB , oversight , Congress , House , Darrell Issa , Lamar Smith , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , House Judiciary Committee , Jack Moore
Cass Sunstein stepping down from OIRA
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator Cass Sunstein is returning to Harvard, where he was the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law before coming to the Obama administration in 2009.
Tags: Cass Sunstein , White House , Federal Drive , Jeff Zients , OMB , Darrell Issa , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Agencies lay out plans for Open Gov 2.0
Every agency issued updated open government plans, updating progress and detailing new initiatives for the next two years. NASA will change the way it designs and builds its websites. SSA will focus on health IT and putting services online.
Tags: technology , Management , cloud computing , open gov , NASA , SSA , Cass Sunstein , Chris Vein , Michael Astrue , citizen services , Jason Miller
OMB tells agencies to measure cumulative effects of regs
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs administrator Cass Sunstein sent two memos to agencies telling them to take specific steps to improve and reduce duplication in new and existing rules.
Tags: OMB , Management , OMBWatch , Katherine McFate , Coalition for Sensible Safeguards , regulations , Unified Agenda , Jason Miller , Cass Sunstein
Regulations.gov overhaul aims to provide better access
Regulations.gov has undergone a makeover. The redesigned website, a repository of the regulations issued by the federal government that allows members of the public to view and comment on them, provides a "new look and feel," said Duncan Brown, the Environmental Protection Agency's branch chief for the eRulemaking Program.
Tags: In Depth , EPA , regulations , Regulations.gov , Duncan Brown , Francis Rose , eRulemaking
Bill takes federal plain language requirements a step further
Agencies already are under the gun to put their public communications into plain language. A congressman behind the original effort now wants to get rid of government jargon in federal regulations.
Tags: Congress , OMB , open government , Plain Language Act , Cass Sunstein , Management , Bruce Braley , regulations , rulemaking , Jared Serbu
OIRA outlines privacy assessments for using 3rd party websites
New memo gives agencies a template to develop privacy impact assessments when using commercial sites. The guidance follows OMB's June 2010 memo on using Web cookies.
Tags: Management , technology , privacy , OMB , Kevin Nyland , PIA , third-party websites , Jason Miller
New federal cookie policy coming soon?
Federal chief technology officer Aneesh Chopra says a 15-member working group is close to coming out with a report. It's been nearly six months since OMB ended the public comment period on whether to allow software to track users' habits.
Tags: technology , Management , Aneesh Chopra , Dave McClure , Vivek Kundra , Cass Sunstein , OMB , OSTP , GSA , EPA , DHS , Education , Anil Dash , American Association for the Advancement of Scienc , open government , Federal cookie policy
