Step 1: Initiating Event
Action that starts an Agency's creation of a regulation.
What to look for:
- News about one of the many actions that can be "Initiating Events." Some of the most common to look for are:
- Federal public law which gives authority to or requires an agency to create a regulation.
- Regulatory review;
- Petition by an individual or organization;
- Judicial decision and;
- Executive order.
- Unified Agenda, inclusion in.
- Federal Register document, some of the most common to look for are:
- Notice of regulatory review;
- Advanced notice of proposed rulemaking;
- Notice of proposed rulemaking and;
- Executive order.
- Document:
- Federal public law which gives authority to or requires an agency to create a regulation;
- Regulatory review, see Federal Register;
- Petition by an individual or organization;
- Judicial decision and;
- Executive order, see Federal Register.
Where to look:
- News about:
- News sources (e.g. New York Times).
- Current Awareness Publication, go t0 Major Treatises by Topic.
- Agency website, either issue page or regulation page.
- Unified Agenda:
- Federal Register.
- Document:
- Federal public law which gives authority to or requires an agency to create a regulation.
- Petition by an individual or organization.
- Judicial decision.