SYMPOSIUM ON E-RULEMAKING IN THE 21st CENTURY

SPONSORED BY THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

in cooperation with

THE CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AND THE REGULATORY POLICY PROGRAM AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, Rayburn House Office Building - Room 2141, Washington, DC

Monday, December 5, 2005, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm

Regulatory policymaking has entered the information age. The federal
government has launched a regulatory portal called Regulations.Gov and is
currently developing a government-wide on-line regulatory docketing system.
New information technology creates potential opportunities for regulatory
agencies to improve the rulemaking process. This symposium will examine
new developments in e-rulemaking, their implications for administrative law
and procedure, and the research and policy issues raised by the application
of information technology to the rulemaking process.

PROGRAM

Welcome and Introductions: Cary Coglianese, Chair, Regulatory Policy
Program, Harvard University

Opening Speaker: Karen Evans, Administrator for Electronic Government and
Information Technology, Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Session 1: Current Progress on E-Rulemaking
Don Arbuckle, Deputy Administrator for Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB
Oscar Morales, Director, eRulemaking Initiative, US Environmental Protection Agency
Rick Otis, Deputy Associate Administrator, US Environmental Protection Agency

Commentary:
Barbara Brandon, University of Miami
Orice Williams, Government Accountability Office

Session 2: Current and Future Research on E-Rulemaking
Steve Balla, George Washington University
Stuart Shulman, University of Pittsburgh

Commentary:
Cornelius M. Kerwin, Acting President, American University
Jeff Lubbers, Former Research Director, Administrative Conference of the US

Closing Speaker: Sally Katzen, Former Administrator for Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB