[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 128 (Thursday, July 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 39919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14433]


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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: On October 9, 2019, the President issued Executive Order 
(E.O.) 13891: Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency 
Guidance Documents. This E.O. requires all Federal agencies to 
establish an on-line guidance portal and to rescind any guidance 
documents that are no longer active or valid.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
granted the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) an extension 
on February 27, 2020, allowing HHS until August 31, 2020, to establish 
its guidance portal. This extension request can be found at: https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/eo-13891-extension-request-2-27-20r.pdf.
    Consistent with the E.O. and subsequent extension, this document 
advises the public that HHS has comprehensively reviewed its guidance 
documents, determined which have continued effect, and is making them 
available on https://www.hhs.gov/guidance.
    This guidance portal includes all active guidance documents from 
across the HHS's 27 Operating and Staff Divisions. Please note: While 
many of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) active 
guidance documents are included here, this does not reflect CMS's full 
inventory. OMB granted CMS an extension until July 31, 2020, to fully 
populate the database.

     Dated: June 29, 2020.
Wilma M. Robinson,
Deputy Executive Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
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