[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 91 (Monday, May 11, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 27807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10019]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Department of Veterans Affairs Guidance Document Database and 
Portal (Executive Order 13891)

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is publishing this 
notice pursuant to Executive Order 13891 to announce and describe the 
database and public-facing portal that will contain VA's Guidance 
Documents, as described under the Executive Order.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Murphy, Office of Policy and 
Interagency Collaboration, Office of Enterprise Integration, 810 
Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 870-9518. (This is not a 
toll-free telephone number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 3 of Executive Order 
13891, Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance 
Documents, dated October 9, 2019 (the Executive Order), VA has 
established a database and a public-facing portal that contains or 
links to all VA documents that it considers ``Guidance Documents'' 
under the Executive Order. The URL for this searchable portal is 
www.va.gov/guidance. All guidance documents remaining in effect will be 
contained in this guidance portal.
    For each guidance document that VA publishes on its guidance 
website, VA will include the following information:
    A concise name for the guidance document.
    The date on which the guidance document was issued.
    The date on which the guidance document was posted to the website.
    An agency unique identifier.
    A hyperlink to the guidance document.
    The general topic addressed by the guidance document.
    One or two sentences summarizing the guidance document's content.
    In addition to the information associated with each guidance 
document, the website will include a clearly visible note stating that: 
(1) Guidance documents lack the force and effect of law, except as 
expressly authorized by statute or incorporated into a contract; and 
(2) VA may not cite, use, or rely on any guidance that is not posted on 
the website existing under the Executive Order, except to establish 
historical facts.

Signing Authority

    The Secretary of Veterans Affairs approved this document and 
authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document to the 
Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as an 
official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Brooks D. 
Tucker, Acting Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs, approved 
this document on May 5, 2020, for publication.

Jeffrey M. Martin,
Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of 
the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2020-10019 Filed 5-8-20; 8:45 am]
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