Question: What is the Unified Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda?

Answer: The Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Agenda) provides information in a uniform format about regulatory actions that the government is considering or regulations it is reviewing. The Unified Agenda has been published twice a year in the Federal Register -- in the spring and in the fall-- since 1983 as required by Executive Order 12866.The activities included in the Agenda are generally those that will have a regulatory action within the next 12 months. Agency Agendas also include actions or reviews completed or withdrawn since the last Agenda. The Agenda does not create a legal obligation on agencies to adhere to schedules within it or to confine their regulatory activities to those regulations that appear in it. View the Department of Labor's current Unified Agenda.