[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 Guidance which is outdated, superseded, invalid, unhelpful,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to law or policy is being rescinded or modified.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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