# Request for Comments on Proposed OMB Circular No. A-4, “Regulatory Analysis”
**AGENCY:**
Office of Management and Budget.
**ACTION:**
Notice of availability and request for comments.
**SUMMARY:**
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is requesting comments on proposed Circular A-4, “Regulatory Analysis.”
**DATES:**
Comments are requested on the proposed Circular on or before June 6, 2023.
**ADDRESSES:**
The proposed Circular itself is available at *https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/DraftCircularA-4.pdf.* A preamble to the proposed Circular is available at *https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/DraftCircularA-4Preamble.pdf.*
Please submit comments via *http://www.regulations.gov,* a Federal website that allows the public to find, review, and submit comments on documents that agencies have published in the *Federal Register* and that are open for comment. Simply type “OMB-2022-0014” in the search box, click “Search,” click “Comment,” and follow the instructions for submitting comments. All comments received will be posted to *http://www.regulations.gov,* so commenters should not include information they do not wish to be posted ( *e.g.,* personal or confidential business information).
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, at *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
Since 2003, *OMB Circular A-4, Regulatory Analysis* , [^1] has provided guidance to Federal agencies on the development of regulatory analysis as required under Section 6(a)(3)(C) of Executive Order 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review), [^2] the Regulatory Right-to-Know Act, [^3] and a variety of related authorities. OMB has proposed revisions to the Circular, as well as a preamble that offers further context for prospective public commenters and peer reviewers. In addition to this request for public comments, OMB will be conducting a peer review of these materials in accordance with OMB's *Final Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review*[^4] and the Regulatory Right-to-Know Act.
[^1] Office of Mgmt. & Budget, Exec. Office of the President, Circular A-4, *Regulatory Analysis* (Sept. 17, 2003), available at *https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/legacy_drupal_files/omb/circulars/A4/a-4.pdf.*
[^2] Exec. Order No. 12866, 58 FR 51735 (Oct. 4, 1993).
[^3] Public Law 106-554, section 624, 114 Stat. 2763A-161 (codified at 31 U.S.C. 1105 note).
[^4] Office of Mgmt. & Budget, Exec. Office of the President, OMB M-05-03, *Final Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review* (Dec. 16, 2004), available at *https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/legacy_drupal_files/omb/memoranda/2005/m05-03.pdf.*
Richard L. Revesz,
Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.