U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), along with 20 other senators, sent a letter to President Joe Biden today questioning why he revoked an executive order requiring federal agencies to post guidance documents in a searchable database.
The executive order was modeled after bipartisan legislation, the Guidance Out Of Darkness Act (GOOD Act) that was approved by voice vote by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs each of the last two sessions of Congress.
The searchable database of federal agencies’ guidance documents, which explain how an agency will interpret and apply its regulations, provides transparency and ensures that Americans affected by federal agency guidance are aware of what guidance documents are so they can more easily comply with them.
“Your revocation of Executive Order 13891 is also contrary to sound policy,” the senators wrote. “The purpose of the executive order and the GOOD Act is to promote transparency and ensure that Americans affected by Federal agency guidance know what those guidance documents are so they can more easily comply with them.”
“This policy addresses real problems with the growing administrative state that affect both everyday Americans and other regulated entities, like states and local governments. It is only fair that people, businesses, and local governments know what is required of them.”
The letter in its entirety is here: