Trump Order Targets Rules From ‘Unaccountable Bureaucrats’
- Agency memos, letters, blog posts interpreting rules eyed
- Business groups have long assailed ‘stealth regulations’
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President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders on Wednesday to limit the use of memos, letters, and other federal guidance from agencies saying they represented an unchecked “pernicious kind of regulation imposed by unaccountable bureaucrats.”
Conservatives and business groups have long complained that the agencies use the process to establish “stealth regulation” that circumvents Congress and avoids public scrutiny. Unlike formal government rules the interpretations are issued without the typical notice and comment period required by law.