Become a Rulemaking Ninja: Exploring the OIRA Web Portal
November 2013
Citation:
43
ELR 10980
Issue
11
In the first term of the Obama Administration, the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) introduced an interactive web portal designed to give you better information about the president’s centralized system of regulatory review. On entering the portal, there are only two things to keep in mind. First, don’t be afraid to snoop around: sometimes the most useful stuff is found three or four levels down. Second, don’t fall in love. OIRA’s slick website is a fresh breeze for advocates of government transparency. But there’s still a lot missing. Remember the line about statistics and swimsuits: what they reveal is interesting, but what they conceal is vital.
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