Yesterday the White House unveiled the results of its expansive regulatory review, announcing plans to streamline processes and cut bureaucratic red tape at 30 departments and agencies. The administration also vowed to let unprecedented transparency into the regulatory reform process, posting plans (which could become final in 80 days or so, according to regulatory czar Cass Sunstein here at AEI yesterday) for review and comment on the White House website.
Sure enough, the home page package on WhiteHouse.gov this morning leads with reg reform, touting a “simpler, smarter” system and inviting all to come “share your feedback.” Cool. This takes you to the reg home page, where in the lead box you click “read the plans and share your feedback” to be taken to the page outlining the plans by department, with a link to “read and discuss” each plan.
Whoops. Every plan I clicked on said that comments, all at zero, were closed.
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