Commenter's Guide to Notice & Comment Rulemaking

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This 3-hour seminar will teach you the inside baseball of government rulemaking. You will gain insights into the two most important parts of the commenter's role in notice and comment rulemaking: first, you will learn how to write useful comments. Second, you will learn to understand the process so you can most effectively advocate for your organization and views.

This course will cover:

• The federal rulemaking process
• The role of public comments in federal rulemaking
• The requirements (statutes, executive orders, court decisions, OMB guidance, agency procedure) that agencies must comply with in rulemaking
• The pressures on regulatory agencies that influence decisionmaking
• How to use your public comment and knowledge of the process to have the greatest effect on agency policymaking

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