Administrative agencies -- United States -- Rules and practice
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Administrative agencies -- United States -- Rules and practice
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- EPA's handling of a proposed alternative method for measuring oil and grease in wastewater met requirements but controls need to be strengthened, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Inspector General
- Early Participation in Regulations Act of 2019, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 1419, to require agencies to publish an advance notice of proposed rulemaking for major rules
- Environmental health, action needed to sustain agencies' collaboration on pharmaceuticals in drinking water : report to congressional requesters
- Agency nonacquiescence, an overview of constitutional and practical considerations, Benjamin M. Barczewski
- Searching for and Cutting Regulations That Are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2014, report together with dissenting views (to accompany H.R. 4874) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Disaster recovery: additional actions needed to identify and address potential recovery barriers, report to congressional requesters
- COVID-19: federal agencies' initial reentry and workplace safety planning, report to congressional addressees
- Federal acquisition, increased attention to vehicle fleets could result in savings : report to congressional requesters
- Law enforcement: federal agencies should improve reporting and review less-lethal force, report to congressional requesters
- Potential financial benefits, estimating the value of implementing open GAO recommendations : report to congressional committees, United States Government Accountability Office
- COVID-19 contracting: opportunities to improve practices to assess prospective vendors and capture lessons learned, report to congressional addressees
- Rulemakers must follow the rules too, oversight of agency compliance with the Congressional Review Act : hearing before the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, first session, September 28, 2017
- Truth in Settlements Act of 2014, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 1898, to require adequate information regarding the tax treatment of payments under settlements agreements entered into by federal agencies, and for other purposes
- Disaster contracting: action needed to improve agencies' use of contracts for wildfire response and recovery : report to congressional addressees, United States Government Accountability Office
- Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012, report together with minority views (to accompany H.R. 4607) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Contracting strategies, better data and management needed to leverage value of interagency and enterprisewise contracts : testimony before the Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate, statement of John K. Needham
- Effective use of programmatic NEPA reviews, Council on Environmental Quality, Executive Office of the President of the United States
- International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005, agencies have implemented some, but not all of the Act's requirements : report to congressional committees
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- Guidance Out of Darkness Act, report together with additional views (to accompany H.R. 4809) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- Federal facility security, staffing approaches used by selected agencies : report to the Ranking Member, Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives
- Improper payments: programs reporting reductions had taken corrective actions that shared common features : report to the Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, United States Government Accountability Office
- Negotiated rulemaking, in brief, Maeve P. Carey
- Federal printing, fewer plants are in operation than in 1990, and selected agencies reported declining volumes : report to the Joint Committee on Printing, United States Congress
- Federal land management, availability and potential reliability of selected data elements at five agencies : testimony before the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, Committee on Natural Resources, House of Representatives, statement of Anu K. Mittal
- Assessing the Obama years, OIRA and regulatory impacts on jobs, wages and economic recovery : hearing before the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, second session, July 6, 2016
- Personnel security clearances, opportunities exist to improve quality throughout the process : testimony before the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, Committee on Homeland Security, U.S. House of Representatives, statement of Brenda S. Farrell
- Freedom of Information Act, federal court decisions have not required the Office of Special Counsel to initiate disciplinary actions for the improper withholding of records
- The BEACH Act of 2000, EPA and states have made progress implementing the Act, but further actions could increase public health protection : testimony before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, statement of Anu K. Mittal
- Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism (REPORT) Act, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 954 to provide for joint reports by relevant federal agencies to Congress regarding incidents of terrorism, and for other purpose
- Women and trauma, trauma-informed approaches, federal activities and initiatives, Federal Partners Committee on Women and Trauma
- Reporting on agency budget execution, processes and case study illustration, Dominick A. Fiorentino
- Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2016, report together with dissenting views (to accompany H.R. 5982) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
- White House Council on Women and Girls, recent agency accomplishments, March 2014, White House Council on Women and Girls
- Strategic sourcing, selected agencies should develop performance measures on inclusion of small businesses and OMB should improve monitoring, report to congressional requesters
- Influenza pandemic, increased agency accountability could help protect federal employees serving the public in the event of a pandemic : report to congressional committees
- Posthearing questions related to federal agencies' activities regarding the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.
- Surveying staff to identify unnecessary management regulations and internal controls, tracking and analysis
- Early Participation in Regulations Act of 2017, report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 579 to require agencies to publish in advance notice of proposed rule making for major rules
- Regulatory review, delay of effective dates of final rules subject to the administration's January 20, 2001, memorandum, United States General Accounting Office
- Federal research: additional actions needed to improve licensing of patented laboratory inventions, report to the chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives
- Suspension and debarment, some agency programs need greater attention, and governmentwide oversight could be improved : testimony before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate, statement of William T. Woods
- Cutting the red tape, unleashing economic freedom
- Recovery Act, planned efforts and challenges in evaluating compliance with maintenance of effort and similar provisions : report to the Republican Leader, U.S. Senate
- Personal information, agencies and resellers vary in providing privacy protections : testimony before the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law and the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, statement of Linda D. Koontz
- Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013, hearing before the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, on H.R. 1493, June 5, 2013
- Entrepreneurial assistance, opportunities exist to improve programs' collaboration, data-tracking, and performance management : testimony before the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, statement of William B. Shear
- Federal funding for broadband deployment, agencies and considerations for Congress, Colby Leigh Rachfal, Lisa S. Benson, Ling Zhu
- Federally incurred cost of regulatory changes and how such changes are made, hearing before the Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, first session, July 17, 2019
- Global food security, U.S. agencies progressing on governmentwide strategy, but approach faces several vulnerabilities : report to congressional requesters
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