June 12,  2003
Overview
President's Management Agenda (PMA)
"...government needs to reform its operations - how it goes about its business and how it treats the people it serves." 
				President George W. Bush

President's Management Agenda (PMA)
Five Components:

* Competitive Sourcing
* Financial Management
* Human Capital
* Budget and Performance Integration
* Expanding Electronic Government

PMA: e-Gov    24 Projects
* USA Service
* EZ Tax Filing
* Online Access for Loans
* Recreation One Stop
* Eligibility Assistance Online
* eRulemaking
* Simplified and Unified Tax and Wage Reporting
* Consolidated Health Informatics
* International Trade Process Streamlining
* e-Vital
eRulemaking Initiative
Vision
* Citizens can easily access and participate in a high quality, efficient and open rulemaking process

Goals
* Improved citizen and intergovernmental participation in the full lifecycle of rulemaking.

* Improved regulatory policies and outcomes through greater quality, management efficiency, and transparency in the rulemaking process (collaboration, effectiveness).
Key Program Objectives
* Provide easy and consistent way for public to search, view and comment on proposed federal rules (Module 1)

* Create centralized Federal government docket system (Module 2)

* Build a seamless, integrated, unified, and cost-effective regulatory management system (Module 3)
Module 1: Regulations.gov
Module 1: Regulations.gov
Regulations.gov



Module 2: Centralized Federal Docket System

* Collect requirements from online and non-online agencies (starting Jan 03)

* Migrate agencies with online systems and paper-based agencies

* Enhance EPA's EDOCKET system for federal-wide use
Module 2:  EDOCKET Attributes
* Designed using Customized Commercial Off the Shelf Technology

– Documentum (document management app)
– Input Accel (document capture)

* Residing on Oracle platform

* Inter-operability amongst other systems

* Scalability to accommodate for a large number of users
Module 3: Virtual Workspace for Regulation Writers
* Define agency regulatory processes and requirements

* Standardize processes and products

* Identify expert tools

* Develop electronic review and submission process Analysis and decision making tools

* eRecords and document management

* Knowledge management

* Consistent formats
Results that Benefit the Public
* One stop portal to search, read, and print all federal regulatory material

* Status of each regulation, docket or rule

* Ability to electronically file comments

* Ability to search, read and print all supporting documents (including comments)

* Listserv for businesses and citizens

* Improve the quality of decisions
Results that Benefit the Government
* Transform the entire federal rulemaking process

* Ability to efficiently analyze and aggregate public comments

* Provide electronic desktop support to regulation writers / managers

* Ability to maintain a web-based regulatory and comment dialogue with the public

* Central intake point and repository for all public comments.
Oversight Structure
Milestones
* 18 December 2002	Soft Launch of Regulations.gov
* 23 January    2003	Formal Launch of Regulations.gov
*      January    2003	Resubmittal of Business Case to OMB 
*      February   2003	Project Management Office Staffed
*      March       2003        	PMO and Workgroups formed
*      March        2003	Business Process Reengineering Begins,  
*      April          2003   	FOSE
*      April/May  2003   	Resources from other agencies arrive
*      June          2003   	Move to Vermont Ave, eGov Conference
*      July           2003   	Acquisition completed 
*      Oct            2003   	First agency migrates to EDOCKET

Lessons Learned to date
eRulemaking: the details
Conceptual Architecture