[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 44 (Thursday, March 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 12942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04469]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Guidance Documents

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy (OASP), Labor.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (the Department) is publishing this 
notice pursuant to an Executive Order to announce and describe the 
public-facing guidance website that will contain the Department's 
Guidance Documents, as described under the Executive Order.

ADDRESSES: The Department's guidance website is available on its 
website at https://www.dol.gov/guidance.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin FitzGerald, U.S. Department of 
Labor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, 200 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Room S-2312, Washington, DC 20210, 202-693-5959 [This is not 
a toll-free number].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 9, 2019, President Trump issued 
Executive Order 13891, ``Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved 
Agency Guidance Documents,'' directing federal agencies to establish a 
single, searchable, website that contains all current guidance 
documents. The Department's guidance website is available at https://www.dol.gov/guidance.
    As part of this process, the Department is undertaking a detailed 
and comprehensive review of guidance documents issued by Department 
agencies to determine whether such guidance aligns with the law and 
Administration policy and otherwise serves an appropriate and useful 
purpose. Guidance which is outdated, superseded, invalid, unhelpful, 
confusing, redundant, outside an agency's appropriate role, or contrary 
to law or policy is being rescinded or modified. This process is 
ongoing and the Department's guidance website collects decisions to 
retain guidance to date. The website is intended to provide 
transparency to the regulated community by creating a ``one-stop shop'' 
for locating guidance documents, which will also continue to be 
available on agency websites in their usual locations. The E.O. gives 
agencies until June 27, 2020, to add to the website any guidance missed 
during their initial review. Any documents still under review after 
February 28, 2020 will be added to the website when those decisions 
have been finalized.
    Guidance documents that are not currently searchable through the 
search tool will continue to be available on the individual DOL agency 
websites. DOL will continue to refine its website as needed to enhance 
user accessibility and usability.
    Agencies will continue to publish guidance documents on their own 
websites and all new guidance documents will be searchable from http://www.dol.gov/guidance. DOL welcomes input from the public regarding 
guidance that should be retained, rescinded, or modified. Comments 
should be submitted to [email protected].

Jonathan Wolfson,
Regulatory Reform Officer, Deputy Assistance Secretary, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2020-04469 Filed 3-4-20; 8:45 am]
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