[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 79648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22250]



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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET


Notice of Training Session: Effective Public Participation in the 
Public Comment Process With the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs (With Live Translation in Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, and ASL 
Interpretation)

AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the 
President.

ACTION: Notice of training sessions.

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SUMMARY: The notice-and-comment Federal rulemaking process allows any 
member of the public to submit a comment on an agency's proposed rule, 
and in developing any final rule the agency generally must respond to 
relevant and significant public comments. As part of its efforts to 
strengthen public engagement in the Federal regulatory process, the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) is offering a training session on effective 
public participation in the public comment process. OIRA recently held 
two training sessions on effective public participation in the public 
comment process. Next month, OIRA is offering another training session. 
This training session will have live audio translation in Spanish and 
Mandarin Chinese, in addition to ASL interpretation and English 
captioning.

DATES: The training session will be held on October 9, 2024, at 4 to 
4:45 p.m., eastern time.

ADDRESSES: Information to access the virtual training session will be 
provided upon registration. Members of the public may register by 
sending an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f78782959b9e94879685839e949e8796839e9899b7989a95d9929887d9909881"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e5959087898c86958497918c868c9584918c8a8ba58a8887cb808a95cb828a93">[email protected]</span></a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please email the Office of Management 
and Budget at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9bebeef9f7f2f8ebfae9eff2f8f2ebfaeff2f4f5dbf4f6f9b5fef4ebb5fcf4ed"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1c6c697e70757f6c7d6e68757f756c7d687573725c73717e3279736c327b736a">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice-and-comment rulemaking generally 
affords any interested individual or organization the opportunity to 
provide written input on a Federal agency's proposed rule. Agencies, in 
turn, are generally required to review these comments as they consider 
how best to finalize their regulatory proposals, and to respond to 
relevant and significant public comments in any subsequent final rule.
    Interested members of the public who wish to comment, however, may 
not always be aware of the most effective way of participating in the 
notice-and-comment process. In public comments and listening sessions 
held prior to the release of OIRA's Memorandum, Broadening Public 
Participation and Community Engagement in the Regulatory Process, 
members of the public noted challenges they face in seeking to 
participate in the notice-and-comment process.\1\ For example, 
interested members of the public may lack clarity on how to write 
effective comments on proposed rules; what experiences, data, or 
information would be most helpful to provide in comments; or how to 
submit a public comment.
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    \1\ OIRA Memorandum, Broadening Public Participation and 
Community Engagement in the Regulatory Process 6-7 (Jul. 19, 2023), 
available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Broadening-Public-Participation-and-Community-Engagement-in-the-Regulatory-Process.pdf.
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    In response to feedback received from the public and as part of its 
ongoing efforts to strengthen public participation in the regulatory 
process, OIRA recently held two training sessions on effective 
participation in the public comment process. OIRA is offering another 
training session on October 9, 2024, at 4 to 4:45 p.m., eastern time. 
This training session will have live audio translation in Spanish and 
Mandarin Chinese, in addition to ASL interpretation and English 
captioning. At this training session, OIRA will describe (1) 
opportunities to provide comment in the Federal regulatory process; (2) 
how to submit public comments; and (3) how to draft effective public 
comments. Members of the public may register by sending an email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bacacfd8d6d3d9cadbc8ced3d9d3cadbced3d5d4fad5d7d894dfd5ca94ddd5cc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="87f7f2e5ebeee4f7e6f5f3eee4eef7e6f3eee8e9c7e8eae5a9e2e8f7a9e0e8f1">[email protected]</span></a>.

Richard L. Revesz,
Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-22250 Filed 9-27-24; 8:45 am]
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