Proposed Regulatory Report Card
Regulatory Report Card
Recommended Official Summary Data by Program, Agency, and Grand Total
…with 5-year historical tables…
n "Economically significant" rules and minor rules by department, agency and commission
n Numbers/percentages impacting small business and lower-level governments
n Numbers/percentages featuring numerical cost estimates
n Tallies of existing cost estimates, with subtotals by agencies and grand total
n Numbers/percentages lacking cost estimates
n Short explanation lack of cost estimates
n Percentage of rules reviewed by OMB, and action taken
n Analysis of the Federal Register: Number of pages, proposed and final rule breakdowns by agency
n Numbers of major rules reported on by the GAO in its database of reports on regulations
n Most active rule-making agencies
n Rules that are deregulatory rather than regulatory
n Rules that affect internal agency procedures alone
n Rollover: Number of rules new to the Unified Agenda; number that are carry-overs from previous years
n Numbers/percentages required by statute vs. rules agency discretionary rules
n Numbers/percentages facing statutory or judicial deadlines
n Rules for which weighing costs and benefits is statutorily prohibited