Subregulatory Guidance Tracker
Federal agencies sometimes create policies or alter regulations without submitting these changes to a formal review process as required by federal law. They do so by claiming these policies are simply clarifications of existing law, and issue them in the form of “Dear Colleague” letters, bulletins, memos, circulars, examples, etc., which together are often referred to as “guidance.”
More than 100,000 pieces of guidance exist, but most are not easily found online.
In this tracker, you will find summaries of suspect guidance, with links to their text and related information. Criteria for listing guidance is available here. If you are aware of guidance not listed here that you believe might be illegal rulemaking, please contact us.
You can search for guidance updates by agency using the drop down below or by keyword using the search function.
Agencies
- Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services 3
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2
- Council on Environmental Quality 1
- Department of Agriculture 6
- Department of Education 9
- Department of Health & Human Services 2
- Department of Health and Human Services 7
- Department of Justice 5
- Department of Transportation 2
- Department of the Interior 1
- Environmental Protection Agency 5
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration 1
- Office of Civil Rights 2
- Office of Land and Emergency Management 1
- Office of Management and Budget 1
- US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 1
Programs/Issues
- Americans with Disabilities Act 2
- Bostock v. Clayton 2
- Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) 1
- CHIP 1
- Children's Health Insurance Program 5
- Civil Rights 5
- Criminal Justice 1
- Disability 2
- Discrimination 4
- EEOC 1
- Education 1
- Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Program 1
- Environment 8
- Environmental Justice 1
- Federal Financial Assistance 1
- Federal Funding 1
- Federal Grants 1
- Food and Nutrition Service 2
- Gender Identity 3
- Healthcare 1
- Indigenous Knowledge 1
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 2
- Justice 1
- Medicaid 8
- NOAA Fisheries 1
- OSHA 1
- Office of Civil Rights 5
- Recycling 1
- SNAP 4
- Section 504 2
- Small Business 1
- Social Determinants of Health 1
- State Freight Plans 1
- Students 4
- Title IV 1
- Title IX 4
- Transportation 2
- courts 1
- environmental justice 2
Have you seen guidance issued that others should be aware of? Share the details via our Guidance Spotting form.
National Emphasis Program
Although the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has not officially adopted a heat standard, they have ordered increased enforcement on workplace temperatures.