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• DRAFT 2007 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (PDF) 

The Regulatory Right-to-Know Act calls for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to submit each year to Congress “an accounting statement and associated report” . . .

The correction requests received in FY 2006 were as diverse and interesting as those received in previous years. For instance, . . . . the Department of Health and Human Services received two requests from the National Legal and Policy Center regarding disseminations made by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) concerning the health effects of smokeless tobacco; . . .

As shown below, this year we are categorizing how agencies responded to requests in a more detailed manner. For instance, we are including the category of “other corrections.” This category is used when the agency response does not provide the specific changes that were requested, but instead makes other changes. For example, instead of modifying information on the webpage related to smokeless tobacco, SAMHSA chose to remove the information completely while the agency works on revisions. Because the requestor asked for revisions to the information rather than removal, this has been classified in the “other corrections” category.

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