Almost three months into its new role as managing partner of the federal electronic rulemaking program, the General Services Administration now aims to engage stakeholders on its plans to modernize the government’s eRulemaking management process.
According to a notice set to be published in the federal register Tuesday, the agency will accept comments and host two town-hall style public meetings in early 2020 to gain feedback on its impending efforts to improve and ultimately rejuvenate the government’s federal rulemaking processes and technologies.
“GSA’s Office of Regulation Management ... is interested in conducting a dialogue with the public, including industry, special interest groups, academia, researchers, and individuals about challenges and opportunities related to the modernization of the Electronic Rulemaking Management process,” Tobias Schroeder, director of the agency’s eRulemaking Program Management Office, wrote in the document. “The dialogue begins with this public notice and request for comment.”
The Environmental Protection Agency managed the eRulemaking program since 2002, but in July, the Office of Management and Budget announced that GSA would assume the responsibility. On Oct. 1, GSA took on its new role in managing regulations.gov and the Federal Docket Management System. In this capacity, the agency acts as a shared service provider that enables the public to access and review electronic dockets and electronically submit comments on proposed rulemaking and other agency actions. It also provides participating federal agencies with the ability to electronically access and manage rulemaking programs and public comments.
The agency had its sights set on modernizing the system since OMB first announced the transition. In ..
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