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1. Regulations.gov Exchange: Connecting With Public Stakeholders Open Government Directive Workshop January 11, 2010 Department of Transportation Washington, DC

2. eRulemaking Program —Overview Vision: Citizens can easily access and participate in a high quality, efficient, & open rulemaking process Projects: Regulations.gov: Public can find, view, download, comment, and track all regulations and many non-rulemakings (e.g., environmental impact statements, FOIA responses, guidance, adjudications, information collection requests, info. quality guidelines) FDMS.gov: 37 departments & agencies (>90% of government) use site to publicly post scientific/technical / legal / economic documents, manage and post public comments, and coordinate the rulemaking process Regulations.gov/Exchange: agencies can use social networking features to collaborate on issues; also presents new designs & features for Regulations.gov 2

4. Regulations.gov provides data in an open format (no additional cost to agencies); soon will provide data to Data.gov

5. FDMS.gov supports electronic records, DOD 5015.2 compliant (offered to all agency users)

6. Agencies can post FOIA responses on Regulations.gov for public access

8. Public can track status of rulemakings and other actions 3

10. eRulemaking serves a forum to share best practices (all agencies are welcome to participate in workgroups, conferences, and other interactions)

11. Regulations.gov / Exchange designed as a way to experiment with new technologies and methods to increase transparency, participation, and collaboration

13. Regulations.gov/Exchange: Example of Open Government Launched May 21, 2009 Preview new web site designs and capabilities Experiment and test new tools Enable public input and exchange Increase transparency through new technologies Promote “public engagement” in the design and development of a major government-wide web site Facilitate citizen collaboration Features User profiles Comment threads Rating of topics Download sample data RSS feeds, email alerts Share links Blogs 5

15. Interactive educational tools and tutorials on the regulatory process

16. Links relating to advanced notices & proposed regulations to legislation

17. Personalization of Regulations.gov,

18. Lists of proposed regulations from federal and state governments

19. More social tools to allow on-line collaboration (eg, threaded discussions, user rating, polling, digital petitions, on-line forums, blogs, etc).

20. Improved search (eg, results categorized by submitter / organization, topic)

22. Regulations.gov/Exchange – Next Steps Public feedback and suggestions being considered for future iterations of Regulations.gov Next Regulations.gov release: January 23, 2010 Home page enhancements Topics Re-launch of Regulations.gov/Exchange Discussion topics to continue to gain public feedback on Regulations.gov Agency Information on the Exchange eRulemaking Program is making the Exchange platform/technology available to partner agencies Generate exposure for agency’s regulatory actions Initiate collaboration and gain feedback from agency stakeholders 7

23. eRulemaking Program and Regulations.gov John Moses, Director eRulemaking Program Management Office Phone #: 202-566-1352 Email: moses.john@epa.gov

24. Appendix: eRulemaking Authorities and Guidance (Open Government Directive) E-Government Act of 2002 (H.R. 2458/S. 803) Section 206 directs Federal Departments and Agencies to: Post to the Internet regulatory dockets using www.regulations.gov Accept electronic submissions to online dockets OMB Memorandum on Implementation of EO 13422 (amending EO 12866) & OMB Bulletin on Good Guidance Practices – April 2007 Agencies must use Regulations.gov to process public comments for economically significant guidance documents. Regulations.gov may also be used to process public comments for significant guidance documents. OMB Requirements Memorandum –March 2008 Requires Agencies to incorporate records management & archival functions into the design, development and implementation of information systems. Agencies must focus on the following areas: Provide cost-effective & consistent access to and dissemination of govt information Incorporate records management into capital planning & investment control process Simplify the activities, systems, processes of records creation, maintenance, & use Plan for lifecycle of information including the transfer of permanent records to the National Archive and Records Administration (NARA) 9