Notice2024-27341
Request for Feedback on Draft Materials for Broadening Public Participation and Community Engagement With the Federal Government
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Published
November 22, 2024
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Management and Budget Office
Abstract
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is seeking public feedback on a draft memorandum titled Broadening Public Participation and Community Engagement with the Federal Government. As drafted, the memorandum would provide Federal agencies with common definitions and guiding principles for public participation and community engagement, a sample framework to help decide when and how to involve the public in decision-making processes, and steps to help advance effective and meaningful public engagement. Additionally, OMB is preparing the first iteration of a U.S. Federal Public Participation and Community Engagement Toolkit to help Federal agencies better plan, implement, and assess the impact of participation and engagement. OMB also requests feedback on the draft outline of this toolkit. The full text of the draft memorandum and the full draft outline of the toolkit are available for review at www.performance.gov/ participation.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27341]
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Request for Feedback on Draft Materials for Broadening Public
Participation and Community Engagement With the Federal Government
AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the
President.
ACTION: Notice of public feedback period.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is seeking public
feedback on a draft memorandum titled Broadening Public Participation
and Community Engagement with the Federal Government. As drafted, the
memorandum would provide Federal agencies with common definitions and
guiding principles for public participation and community engagement, a
sample framework to help decide when and how to involve the public in
decision-making processes, and steps to help advance effective and
meaningful public engagement.
Additionally, OMB is preparing the first iteration of a U.S.
Federal Public Participation and Community Engagement Toolkit to help
Federal agencies better plan, implement, and assess the impact of
participation and engagement. OMB also requests feedback on the draft
outline of this toolkit.
The full text of the draft memorandum and the full draft outline of
the toolkit are available for review at <a href="http://www.performance.gov/participation">www.performance.gov/participation</a>.
DATES: Feedback must be provided on or before November 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: In an effort to improve accessibility, OMB is offering
multiple options to provide feedback.
Written Feedback: Responses can be submitted through a simple,
open-ended form at <a href="http://www.performance.gov/participation">www.performance.gov/participation</a>. Instructions for
submitting feedback are available on the site.
Listening Sessions: Options to register for live events hosted by
OMB to hear from the public are also available at <a href="http://www.performance.gov/participation">www.performance.gov/participation</a>. ASL interpretation, live captioning, and live audio
translation in Spanish and Mandarin Chinese will be provided.
Privacy Act Statement: Response to this request is voluntary. OMB
will use your feedback to inform sound decision making on topics
related to this memorandum. All responses received may be publicly
disclosed, including any personal and business confidential information
provided. Please do not include in your responses any information of a
confidential nature, such as sensitive personal information or
proprietary information, or any information that you would not like to
be made publicly available. The OMB System of Records Notice, OMB
Public Input System of Records, OMB/INPUT/01, 88 FR 20,913 (Apr. 7,
2023), available at <a href="http://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-07452">www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-07452</a>, includes a
list of routine uses associated with the collection of this
information.
Individuals and organizations who respond to this request may be
contacted for clarification, related discussions, events, or surveys.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please email the Office of Management
and Budget at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a0d0d5c2ccc9c3d0c1d2d4c9c3c9d0c1d4c9cfcee0cfcdc28ec5cfd08ec7cfd6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f5858097999c96859487819c969c8594819c9a9bb59a9897db909a85db929a83">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In developing these draft materials, OMB
considered feedback received from the public and Federal agencies
through OMB's Request for Information on Methods and Leading Practices
for Advancing Public Participation and Community Engagement With the
Federal Government, 89 FR 19,885 (Mar. 20, 2024), available at
<a href="http://www.federalregister.gov/d/2024-05882">www.federalregister.gov/d/2024-05882</a>, and related listening sessions.
The proposed memorandum on participation and engagement would
complement guidance from OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs on Broadening Public Participation and Community Engagement in
the Regulatory Process (July 10, 2023), available at
<a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Broadening-Public-Participation-and-Community-Engagement-in-the-Regulatory-Process.pdf">www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Broadening-Public-Participation-and-Community-Engagement-in-the-Regulatory-Process.pdf</a>,
which focuses on how agencies can better engage the public when
developing regulations.
The toolkit would centralize materials to help agencies engage the
American people, including individuals from underserved communities, in
ways that better meet agency and community needs and priorities. The
toolkit would also build on prior Federal efforts, such as the U.S.
Public Participation Playbook (Feb. 3, 2015), available at <a href="http://digital.gov/guides/public-participation">digital.gov/guides/public-participation</a>.
Lauren Stocker,
Deputy Associate Director, Performance and Personnel Management, Office
of Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 2024-27341 Filed 11-21-24; 8:45 am]
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