[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 53 (Wednesday, March 18, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 15482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05647]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance 
Documents

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human 
Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services has received an 
extension to the deadline to comply with Executive Order 13891: 
Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents. 
Executive Order 13891, through Subsections (a) and (b), requires the 
establishment of a new guidance portal and the rescission of any 
guidance documents that are not included in it, respectively. The 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), through its implementing 
memorandum (https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/M-20-02-Guidance-Memo.pdf), has determined the deadlines for these 
subsections to be February 28, 2020. OMB granted the Department of 
Health and Human Services an extension for subsections (a) and (b) on 
February 27, 2020. The Department will establish its guidance portal by 
August 31, 2020.
    A full copy of the extension letter can be found on the HHS website 
at, https://www.hhs.gov/regulations/index.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samuel Shipley, Office of the 
Executive Secretary, at [email protected] or (202) 690-5627.

    Dated: March 12, 2020.
Ann C. Agnew,
Executive Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2020-05647 Filed 3-17-20; 8:45 am]
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