Administrative Procedure Act
    Background on APA

Paperwork Reduction Act
    Background on PRA

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
    Background on UMRA

Regulatory Flexibility Act
    Background on RFA

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act
    Background on SBREFA

Congressional Review Act
    Background on CRA

Data Quality Act
    Background on the DQA

Regulatory Right-to-Know Act
    Background on the Reg RTK Act

Federal Advisory Committee Act
    Background on FACA

Freedom of Information Act
    Background on FOIA

National Environmental Policy Act*
    Background on NEPA

CRS: Federal Advisory Comittees: A Primer (Mar, 2007)*

CRS: The Federal Rulemaking Process: An Overview
(Feb, 2007)*

CRS: Changes to the OMB Regulatory Review Process by Executive Order 13422 (Feb, 2007)*

NRC: Scientific Review of the Proposed Risk Assessment Bulletin from the Office of Management and Budget (Jan, 2007)*

For more government reports, visit the reports archive.

RegInfo.gov*
    Regulatory review and information collection request database

GAO Federal Rules Database*
    Basic information and GAO reports on finalized rules

Justia Regulation Tracker*
    Database of proposed rules, final rules, and notices

* indicates a link which will take you away from www.ombwatch.org.

Feedback: RegResources@ombwatch.org

E.O. 12866 — Regulatory Planning and Review
    Background on E.O. 12866

E.O. 12866 annotated
    Background on changes to 12866

E.O. 13132 — Federalism
    Background on E.O. 13132

E.O. 13272 — Small Entities in Agency Rulemaking
    Background on E.O 13272

E.O. 13175 — Indian Tribal Governments

E.O. 13045 — Children's Health and Safety

E.O. 12898 — Environmental Justice

E.O. 12630 — Constitutionally Protected Property Rights

E.O. 13211 — Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use

For historical executive orders, visit the Executive Order Archive

Final Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review
    Background on the Bulletin

OMB Circular A-4: Regulatory Analysis

2006 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Regulations
    Background on the Report

Fall 2006 Unified Agenda*
    Background on Unified Agenda

Fall 2006 Regulatory Plan
    Background on Regulatory Plan

Spring 2006 Unified Agenda*
    Background on Unified Agenda