Background on Guidance
Background information on DOT guidance documents.
Regulations
In This Section
OMB Memo M-07-13 (2007)
OMB, Implementation of Executive Order 13422 (amending Executive Order 12866) and the OMB Bulletin on Good Guidance Practices (Memorandum 07-13), April 25, 2007.Policy for Public Contacts in Rulemaking
Sets forth basic policies for contacts with members of the public taking place during the course of rule making.
Policies and Procedures for Simplification, Analysis and Review of Regulations
It sets forth objectives for DOT rulemaking.
Disclosure and Simplification as Regulatory Tools
Principles to help agencies in their use of summary and full disclosure of information and simplification to achieve regulatory objectives.
Updated Principles for Risk Analysis
This Memorandum reinforces the 1995 Principles with reference to more recent guidance from the scientific community, the Congress, and the Executive Branch.
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
Threshold of Significant Regulatory Actions Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995.
Revised Value of Travel Time (2003)
Revised Departmental Guidance for the Valuation of Travel Time in Economic Analysis, (2003)
Value of Travel Time
Departmental Guidance for the Valuation of Travel Time in Economic Analysis (2011).
Value of Statistical Life and Injuries
Value of Statistical Life and Injuries