what is regulatory impact
Regulatory Impact Analysis. Source: 2014 Regulatory Indicators Survey results, Measuring Regulatory Performance. Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) is a systemic approach to critically assessing the positive and negative effects of proposed and existing regulations and non-regulatory alternatives. As employed in OECD countries it encompasses a range of methods.
R.I.A. and the Federal Register. A regulatory impact analysis is always published in the Federal Register. The Federal Register allows the analysis to be viewed by the public in order to determine the regulation's validity. Anyone can use the easily searchable index of regulations at Regulations.gov, to research and comment on proposed regulations.