[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9750-9751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03359]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


DoD Guidance Document Website

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Management Officer, Department of Defense 
(DoD).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: DoD is announcing the availability of a guidance document 
website. Active guidance documents currently in effect are accessible 
through the site.

DATES: The site will be publicly available no later than February 28, 
2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia L. Toppings, Chief, 
Regulatory and Advisory Committee Division, (571) 372-0485.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 10, 2019, the President signed 
Executive Order (E.O.) 13891, ``Promoting the Rule of Law Through 
Improved Agency Guidance Documents,'' to support the principles that 
the American public should only be

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subject to binding rules and regulations that are lawfully promulgated 
and that there must be fair notice of any such obligations. As part of 
increasing transparency, section 3 of the E.O. requires agencies to 
publish their guidance documents, and certain information about them, 
on a single agency website. Accordingly, DoD has established the 
required guidance website at: https://open.defense.gov/Regulatory-Program/Guidance-Documents/. Existing guidance documents currently in 
effect are accessible through the site.

    Dated: February 14, 2020.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2020-03359 Filed 2-19-20; 8:45 am]
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