“This is sufficiently unusual and a very long period of time that it is worth asking the question: Is OMB just sitting on it?” said Stuart Shapiro, a former OMB staffer and dean at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University-New Brunswick in New Jersey. He said reviews typically take around 60 days.
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Congress Delays OMB Grantmaking Rule with Stopgap Funding Bill
Based on the wording in the funding bill, it seems that OMB staff could still work on finalizing the rule and drafting their response to comments, said Stuart Shapiro.
Comments on OMB research rule mysteriously removed from federal website
“It’s very weird because there’s no legal implication to those [comments] being on or off of regulations.gov,” said Stuart Shapiro
Senate Passes Stopgap Funding Bill Blocking OMB Grantmaking Rule
Whether there are hundreds of thousands of comments or tens of thousands of comments for the OMB to review, office staff are facing a daunting challenge, said Stuart Shapiro, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, in an interview. “OMB’s never had a rule that had this volume of comments before,” Shapiro said, noting that OMB’s staff are already “very, very busy people.”
New Shapiro article in “Administration and Society”
Associate Professor Stuart Shapiro has a new article, “Does Haste Make Waste? How Long Does it Take to do a Good Regulatory Impact Analysis?” (subscription required) in the academic journal Administration and Society, written with John Morrall of George Mason...