[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 41 (Monday, March 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 12373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04177]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No. SSA-2020-0002]


Announcing Our Guidance Document Portal

AGENCY: Social Security Administration.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces our new guidance document portal 
established under Executive Order 13891, ``Promoting the Rule of Law 
Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents'' (E.O. 13891) and the 
Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) memorandum, M-20-02, ``Guidance 
Implementing Executive Order 13891, Titled 'Promoting the Rule of Law 
Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents.' ''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Dulski, Office of Regulations 
and Reports Clearance, Social Security Administration, 3100 West High 
Rise, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235-6401, (410) 
966-2341. For information on eligibility or filing for benefits, call 
our national toll-free number, 1-800-325-0778, or visit our internet 
site, Social Security Online, at http://www.socialsecurity.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 9, 2019, the President of the 
United States issued E.O. 13891.\1\ E.O. 13891 states that it is the 
policy of the executive branch, to the extent consistent with 
applicable law, to require that agencies treat guidance documents as 
non-binding both in law and in practice, except as incorporated into a 
contract; take public input into account when appropriate in 
formulating guidance documents; and make guidance documents readily 
available to the public. In order to make guidance documents readily 
available to the public, E.O. 13891 requires that each agency or agency 
component, as appropriate, establish or maintain on its website a 
single, searchable, indexed portal that contains or links to all 
guidance documents in effect from such agency or component. It also 
requires that the guidance document portal include a statement 
informing the public that guidance documents lack the force and effect 
of law, except as authorized by law or as incorporated into a contract. 
Each agency or agency component, as appropriate, must establish its 
guidance document portal by February 28, 2020.
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    \1\ 84 FR 55235, available at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/15/2019-22623/promoting-the-rule-of-law-through-improved-agency-guidance-documents.
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    We are announcing our new guidance document portal, which is 
available at www.socialsecurity.gov/guidance. By February 28, 2020, you 
will be able to access from our portal all of our guidance documents 
remaining in effect. We will also make this notice available on the 
portal.

    Dated: February 24, 2020.
Andrew Saul,
Commissioner of Social Security.
[FR Doc. 2020-04177 Filed 2-28-20; 8:45 am]
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