NEW! Visit www.erulemaking.org for more information!

NEW! RPP Releases E-Rulemaking Report to National Science Foundation!

Electronic rulemaking, or e-rulemaking, offers the potential to expand and enhance the public’s involvement in the rulemaking process as well as make the rulemaking process more transparent and manageable for federal agencies.  To develop and advance a research agenda on the technological and institutional issues related to e-rulemaking, the Regulatory Policy Program hosted a research workshop at Harvard University on January 21-22, 2003. The workshop brought together academic experts from computer sciences, law, and public management, along with key public officials and representatives from the IT industry and nongovernmental organizations. The purpose of the workshop was not only to learn from recent experiences with rulemaking and information technology, but to launch a forward-looking research agenda needed to accomplish improved e-rulemaking efforts in the future. The workshop was informed by a discussion RPP organized in Washington, D.C. on March 26, 2002 which brought together nine academic experts from computer sciences, law, and public management, along with 24 key public officials and representatives from the IT industry and non-governmental organizations.

Click here to visit RPP's new e-rulemaking.org, a website dedicated to technological and institutional issues related to e-rulemaking and a national clearinghouse on the use of information technology in the rulemaking process.