New Report on Digital Government Research Released
E-Rulemaking: Information Technology and Regulatory Policy Published by Harvard's Kennedy School

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The Regulatory Policy Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government's Center for Business and Government has released its findings and recommendations for new directions in regulatory policy in E-Rulemaking: Information Technology and Regulatory Policy. The report, being released at the National Science Foundation's Digital Government Research meeting in Seattle, May 23-26, also outlines an agenda for future research on E-Rulemaking.

Over one hundred federal regulatory agencies - such as the Federal Aviation Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Internal Revenue Service among others - issue more than 4,500 new regulations each year. E-Rulemaking has the potential to help government officials make higher quality rules, induce higher compliance rates and foster greater and deeper public participation.

"This report identifies how technology could make government rulemaking both more accessible and better informed," said Cary Coglianese, the faculty chair of the Regulatory Policy Program and the report's author.

The report also outlines an E-Rulemaking agenda by proposing twenty-five major research questions that span four main areas 1) information technology, 2) agency management of rulemaking, 3) public involvement in the rulemaking process, and 4) regulatory compliance.

The Regulatory Policy Program at the Center for Business and Government develops and tests leading ideas about regulation and regulatory institutions. The program's research aims to improve society and the economy by understanding the impacts of regulation and creating better ways to design and implement regulatory strategies.

E-Rulemaking: Information Technology and Regulatory Policy: See the full report at: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/press/E-Rulemaking_Report.pdf