Comments on Incorporation By Reference (IBR) of private technical standards Due June 1

By Office of Advocacy On May 17, 2012 0

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is requesting public input on issues related to Incorporation By Reference (IBR) of private technical standards and conformity assessment activities and whether and how to amend OMB Circular A-119 (Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities). This request for information is in addition the request for comments on a petition to the Office of the Federal Register on Federal Register regulations governing the approval of agency requests to incorporate material by reference into the Code of Federal Regulations.

Comments on both requests are due by June 1, 2012.

Request for Information in the Federal Register (77 FR 19357 (3/30/2012)
Submit Comments to OMB Electronically (Docket ID OMB-2012-003)
Announcement Of A Petition For Rulemaking And Request For Comments (77 FR 11414 (2/27/2012)

Submit Comments to the Office of the Federal Register Electronically (Docket ID NARA-12-0002)