Formal Rulemaking
You are in the Policy Library of the Center for Effective Government's Regulatory Resource Center.
⇒ Return to Policy Library home.
⇒ Switch to the Advocacy Center.
The APA describes two kinds of rulemaking--formal and informal. "Formal rulemaking" calls for trial-like, on-the-record proceeding. Most federal agencies, however, develop rules through "informal rulemaking."
