OGC Regulations Division

HUD's Good Guidance Practices

On January 18, 2007, the President issued Executive Order (E.O.) 13422 amending E.O. 12866 on "Regulatory Planning and Review." On the same day, and in connection with E.O. 13422, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued its Final Bulletin on Agency Good Guidance Practices (OMB Bulletin).

The primary focus of E.O. 13422 and the OMB Bulletin is on increasing the quality, transparency, accountability, and coordination of agency guidance documents. Guidance documents, used properly, assist individuals and other regulated entities in their compliance with agency regulations. Within HUD, the Office of General Counsel (OGC) has primary responsibility for overseeing compliance with Executive Order 13422 and the OMB Bulletin.

Members of the public that have concerns that HUD is not following the procedures of the OMB Bulletin or is improperly treating a guidance document as a binding requirement, should contact the HUD office issuing the guidance of which the member of the public has concern. Members of the public may also submit such concerns, comments or requests for issuance, reconsideration, modification, or rescission of "significant guidance documents" (as that term is defined in the OMB Bulletin) to the following address: hudgoodguidance@hud.gov.

Good Guidance Resources:

• Executive Order 12866, as amended by Executive Order 13422
  
  
• OMB's Final Bulletin on Agency Good Guidance Practices
  
  
• List of Significant Guidance Departments Issued after January 25, 2007
  • PIH Notice 2007-9, Updated Changes in Financial Management and Reporting Requirements for Public Housing Agencies Under the New Operating Fund Rule (24 CFR part 990)
    

• List of Significant Guidance Departments Issued Prior to January 25, 2007
  
  
  • Final Guidance to Federal Financial Assistance Recipients Regarding Title VI Prohibition Against National Origin Discrimination Affecting Limited English Proficient Persons