Executive Order requirement

Basically, the Executive Order requires that in issuing new regulations and in reviewing old ones, the issuing agency undertake regulatory action only when... 

Thus, the Executive Order requires that agencies affected by the order employ cost-benefit criteria in developing and issuing regulations. The tool to be applied for that purpose is the Regulatory Impact Analysis. 

Contracts with the federal government require compliance with Executive Order Nos. 11625 and 12138 to utilize small and small disadvantaged businesses. The contractor/subcontractor must complete a copy of the representations and certifications providing self-certification of business classification under existing federal definitions. The representations and certifications also provide tax identification information required by the Internal Revenue Service. The original of the representation and certification form should be sent to regional purchasing and a copy included in the project file. 

Federal employees, for example, are covered by executive orders going back to 1962 which require federal agencies to recognize employee organizations. However, these unions cannot bargain over pay scales which are set by Congress. State and local employees may be covered by individual state laws which vary from state to state. Complaints can be brought to state employee relations commissions. 

Executive Order No. 247 was based significantly on the premise and the proposed requirements laid out in the Manila Declaration. Subsequently, the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act of 2001 (RA 9147)... 

Furthermore, it must be noted that this law enjoys a vast consensus of opinion among those bodies to which it is addressed. There is no doubt that its execution will require a strong effort from the public administration responsible for the sector in order to fulfill the demands arising from it. 

In 1994, President Bill Clinton issued Executive Order 12898, requiring all federal agencies to make achieving environmental justice part of their mission . The federal government s definition of environmental justice has two parts equal protection from environmental and health hazards, and equal access to the decision-making processes that create a healthy environment in which to live, learn, and work. EJ is about fair treatment, and about expanding democracy to include everyone who is affected by a decision. 

The problem of increasing cost of solid waste management within the Navy is not the same as in the private sector. When the Navy is directed to meet specific requirements of new regulations or executive orders, Congress often does not appropriate additional funds or allocate new manpower to accomplish the new requirements. Increased costs cannot be passed on to the consumer since the Navy is the consumer. Expenses must be absorbed into the existing Navy budget thereby diverting funds from the primary mission. 

We expect from this over-all exercise that there will emerge a number of carefully tailored, sharply focused options which the President will direct to come into being. We foresee at this time that the Presidential actions can fall into three categories. Those which will require legislation in which it will be necessary to enlist the aid of the Congress. Those which will require Presidential directive in the form of executive orders and... 

The nature of the Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) is specified in Section 3 of the Executive Order. In general, such analyses are required only for rules which the issuing agency determines are major rules. The order defines a major rule as any regulation likely to result in... 

Regulatory Impact Analyses so prepared are required to be reviewed by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, subject to the direction of the Presidential Task Force on Regulatory Relief. Thus, Executive Order 12291 affords two regulatory review levels, one by 0MB and potentially one by the Task Force. The 0MB, as an agency of the Executive Office of the President, is in a position to ensure that both the letter and the spirit of Executive Order 12291 are followed in RIAs produced by the several agencies. 

CMA also supports the cost-effectiveness requirement of Executive Order 12291. It believes that regulatory agencies should analyze the potential costs and benefits of reasonable alternatives for achieving regulatory goals. Non-regulatory approaches, such as economic incentives, can be more effective and less costly than regulations. 

Some conclusions can nevertheless be drawn. It seems clear from the survey research data that the American public is concerned over the increase in social regulation, and that there is growing interest in introducing the cost factor into agency considerations. It can reasonably be concluded that, so long as Executive Order 12291 requires regulatory impact analysis, cost-benefit analysis will play that function. Nevertheless, the nature of the debate is very likely to change in ways not yet anticipated by the present participants. 

Chranleal Manufacturers Association cost-benefit analysis, position, 170 cost-effectiveness requirement of Executive Order 12991, support, 171... 

Since 1950, the Federal Government has explicitly required Federal employees to report inventions created during the course of their work to the Federal Government (Executive Order 10096 15 FR 389). Beyond this requirement, however, there was no uniform patent and licensing policy for ail Federal agencies until 1980 when Congress passed the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act (Public Law 96-480). 

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