Improving the Regulatory Process

TRG has provided services to several agencies in reengineering and streamlining their rulemaking processes by providing assistance in implementing new regulations, drafting guidance material on managing the regulatory process, and by implementing improved rulemaking procedures. TRG produced a major study for the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) on rulemaking as an organizational process. The study involved four in-depth case studies of the rulemaking actions of four agencies (Department of Agriculture, Social Security Administration, Federal Aviation Administration and Environmental Protection Agency). The final report for the study provided a detailed description of the steps in the rulemaking process and offered recommendations for the efficient management of rulemaking actions. The ACUS study was cited in a 1993 report, "Improving Regulatory Systems," by Vice President Gore's National Performance Review. TRG has worked with the Federal Highway Administration and the Drug Enforcement Administration to reorganize and streamline the regulatory process. Currently TRG conducts training courses for the Federal Aviation Administration on its reengineered regulatory process.