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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 92724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27341]

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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Request for Feedback on Draft Materials for Broadening Public 
Participation and Community Engagement With the Federal Government

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

ACTION: Notice of public feedback period.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is seeking public 
feedback on a draft memorandum titled Broadening Public Participation 
and Community Engagement with the Federal Government. As drafted, the 
memorandum would provide Federal agencies with common definitions and 
guiding principles for public participation and community engagement, a 
sample framework to help decide when and how to involve the public in 
decision-making processes, and steps to help advance effective and 
meaningful public engagement.
    Additionally, OMB is preparing the first iteration of a U.S. 
Federal Public Participation and Community Engagement Toolkit to help 
Federal agencies better plan, implement, and assess the impact of 
participation and engagement. OMB also requests feedback on the draft 
outline of this toolkit.
    The full text of the draft memorandum and the full draft outline of 
the toolkit are available for review at www.performance.gov/participation.

DATES: Feedback must be provided on or before November 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: In an effort to improve accessibility, OMB is offering 
multiple options to provide feedback.
    Written Feedback: Responses can be submitted through a simple, 
open-ended form at www.performance.gov/participation. Instructions for 
submitting feedback are available on the site.
    Listening Sessions: Options to register for live events hosted by 
OMB to hear from the public are also available at www.performance.gov/participation. ASL interpretation, live captioning, and live audio 
translation in Spanish and Mandarin Chinese will be provided.
    Privacy Act Statement: Response to this request is voluntary. OMB 
will use your feedback to inform sound decision making on topics 
related to this memorandum. All responses received may be publicly 
disclosed, including any personal and business confidential information 
provided. Please do not include in your responses any information of a 
confidential nature, such as sensitive personal information or 
proprietary information, or any information that you would not like to 
be made publicly available. The OMB System of Records Notice, OMB 
Public Input System of Records, OMB/INPUT/01, 88 FR 20,913 (Apr. 7, 
2023), available at www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-07452, includes a 
list of routine uses associated with the collection of this 
information.
    Individuals and organizations who respond to this request may be 
contacted for clarification, related discussions, events, or surveys.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please email the Office of Management 
and Budget at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In developing these draft materials, OMB 
considered feedback received from the public and Federal agencies 
through OMB's Request for Information on Methods and Leading Practices 
for Advancing Public Participation and Community Engagement With the 
Federal Government, 89 FR 19,885 (Mar. 20, 2024), available at 
www.federalregister.gov/d/2024-05882, and related listening sessions.
    The proposed memorandum on participation and engagement would 
complement guidance from OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs on Broadening Public Participation and Community Engagement in 
the Regulatory Process (July 10, 2023), available at 
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Broadening-Public-Participation-and-Community-Engagement-in-the-Regulatory-Process.pdf, 
which focuses on how agencies can better engage the public when 
developing regulations.
    The toolkit would centralize materials to help agencies engage the 
American people, including individuals from underserved communities, in 
ways that better meet agency and community needs and priorities. The 
toolkit would also build on prior Federal efforts, such as the U.S. 
Public Participation Playbook (Feb. 3, 2015), available at digital.gov/guides/public-participation.

Lauren Stocker,
Deputy Associate Director, Performance and Personnel Management, Office 
of Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 2024-27341 Filed 11-21-24; 8:45 am]
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