Understanding the Regulatory Process
1/2 day to 1 day program
This program is designed for staff who must understand the
intricacies of the regulatory process.
Learn strategies and tactics to influence or check the
exercise of regulatory power.
Get a usable framework for the regulatory process and a
better understanding of the rulemaking process from
beginning to end.
Understand what
rulemaking powers
administrative agencies have
Find out what happens inside the agency at each stage of
the process
Review elements of proposed and final rulemaking notices
and public hearings
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Sample Agenda
Introduction
Agencies of the Executive Branch may take a variety of
administrative actions.
What is rulemaking?
Basic Background
Administrative Procedure Act - Reasons for adoption and
basic structure.
Expansion of Federal regulatory power in the 1960s and
1970s.
Checking reactions to Federal agency exercise of new
regulatory powers.
Basic scheme of notice and comment rulemaking procedures
How agencies develop notices of proposed and final
rulemaking.
Notices of Proposed Rulemaking
Elements
Supplementary Information Portion of the Preamble
Public Input on Notices of Proposed Rulemaking
Public Hearings
Legislative-type hearing is the norm.
Facilitated and Interactive Workshops are optional.
Mid-Course Corrections for Rulemakings Gone Awry
Schedule additional public hearings outside of
Washington.
Re-propose or publish notice reopening or extending the
comment period.
Initiate or acquiesce in one-time informal meetings with
vocal constituency.
Notice of Final Rulemaking
Final regulation must be a "logical outgrowth" of the
proposal.
Preamble must respond to the relevant, "major issues"
synthesized from the public comments.
Preamble must reflect final NEPA, Paperwork Reduction
Act, and Regulatory Flexibility Act.
Action Memorandum and Concurrence Process (same as for
proposed rule).
OMB Clearance Under Executive Order 12866.
Judicial Review
45 percent of reversals of final rules attributable to
failure to explain basis for agency action or rejection
of major comments in the preamble to the final rule.
20 percent of reversals of final rules attributable to
erroneous statutory interpretations.
20 percent of reversals of final rules attributable to
purely procedural error.
Conclusion
Rulemaking is a system of procedures to channel and
check the exercise of the power to make enforceable
policy.
The agency is obliged to involve the public and to
respond to public input. Usually the agency has to
balance different viewpoints and arrive at a policy that
can command public support.
Ultimately, the agency is subject to supervision by OMB
and is accountable to the courts and to Congress.
Breaks scheduled as appropriate
All custom training is tailored for each organization and
audience. Topics from this program can be combined with
topics from our other programs and with topics from your
existing training programs.
Sample Agendas
Sample agendas of different versions of this program
tailored for previous custom clients are available in
Adobe PDF.
90-minute training as part of "legislative day" training
for national association
- Working with the current Congress and the Regulatory
Process
See our Sample Agendas page for more.
Audience Level
All staff who need an overview of administrative and
regulatory process.
Audience Size
This program is most effective for between 20 and 35
attendees.
Previous Clients
Our
selected client list includes clients who have
purchased custom training, sent staff to our public
programs and who have purchased our publications.
Course Materials
Included.
Length and Location
Usually requires 1/2 day to 1 day.
This program is usually held in Washington, DC. It can
be presented anywhere in the world online.
Fee
The fee for this program depends on the location,
number of attendees, length, and training materials. Call us for details, or complete our
custom program information request for more
information.
What
is included in the fee?
TheCapitol.Net tailors each program to meet your
training and educational objectives. Before we issue
a cost proposal,
we will work with you to tailor a program to meet
your training objectives.
The
program
fee includes pre-program development and design,
materials for your internal marketing and promotion,
all course materials, and
faculty chosen for your topic and your audience
at the time and location you choose.
Our custom program clients provide the
classroom/meeting space, all audio visual equipment,
any food and beverages, all registration functions,
and travel arrangements for attendees. When the
program is held outside the Washington, DC metro
area, travel arrangements for faculty can be made by
the client or by us.
We can also provide meeting space,
online venue, audio visual
equipment, food and beverage, registration, and
travel arrangements, though this affects program
cost.
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include checks and EFT/ACH.
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All custom training from TheCapitol.Net is tailored for each organization and
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existing training programs.
Rave Reviews
"I just picked up regulatory monitoring and it's so
different from legislative activity that anyone would be
foolish not to gather as much information as possible and on
a continuous basis."
Manager, Environmental Issues,
International Council of Shopping Centers
"The seminar has given me a number of ideas of actions I can
take to improve my organization's interaction with federal
agencies during the rulemaking process."
Regulatory
& Policy Analyst, N.J. Transit
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Faculty
Our faculty for this program are all experts with more than 10 years' experience working
in or with regulatory agencies.
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