[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 11056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03811]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice of Guidance Portal

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Through this notice, the Department announces the existence 
and location of its guidance portal. This guidance portal is meant to 
make it easy for the public and our stakeholders to locate the 
Department's guidance documents through the links within the guidance 
portal.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Levon Schlichter, U.S. Department of 
Education, Office of the General Counsel, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, room 
6E235, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 453-6387. Email: 
[email protected].
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1-800-
877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Executive Order 13891 and the 
Office of Management and Budget's implementing guidance at https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/M-20-02-Guidance-Memo.pdf, the Department publishes this notice of the existence of its 
guidance portal at https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/types-of-guidance-documents.html. The Department initially developed this 
guidance portal in July 2019 to implement recommendation number two 
from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's Majority 
Staff Report recommendation.\1\ As mentioned within the guidance 
portal, guidance documents lack the force and effect of law, except as 
authorized by law or as incorporated into a contract. In accordance 
with E.O. 13891, the Department will not retain in effect any guidance 
document without including it in this guidance portal, nor shall the 
Department, in the future, issue a guidance document without including 
it in this guidance portal.
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    \1\ https://republicans-oversight.house.gov/report/committee-report-scrutinizes-federal-regulatory-guidance-practices/.
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    Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this 
document in an accessible format (e.g., Braille, large print, 
audiotape, or compact disc) on request to the person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this 
document is the document published in the Federal Register. You may 
access the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of 
Federal Regulations at www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can view this 
document, as well as all other documents of this Department published 
in the Federal Register, in text or Portable Document Format (PDF). To 
use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at 
the site.
    You may also access documents of the Department published in the 
Federal Register by using the article search feature at 
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search 
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published 
by the Department.

Reed D. Rubinstein,
Principal Deputy General Counsel. delegated the Authority and Duties of 
the General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2020-03811 Filed 2-25-20; 8:45 am]
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