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rulemaking

rulemaking

8 5.2
A process for making or changing official rules by a government agency
  • noun
  • /ˈruːlˌmeɪkɪŋ/
  • Formal
: elaboración de normas
  • Unlike other agency rulemaking procedures, limited opportunities exist for stakeholders to offer opinions on HHRV calculations.
  • notice of proposed rulemaking
  • proposed rulemaking
  • agency rulemaking

Can you even imagine what this technology would look like if it had been the product of an FCC notice and comment rulemaking proceeding?

Examples

  • The EPA has committed to releasing rulemaking plans earlier than in the past.

    Blog text (22)
  • Due to its importance, stakeholders often involve themselves in all agency rulemaking and regulatory processes (Kerwin and Furlong, 2011).

    Academic text (2017)
  • Finally, they have the option of pressing for a rulemaking to lower the standard.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Similarly, agencies could cut costs and achieve more efficient rulemaking by consulting with interested parties.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Meanwhile, the park service was attempting a "negotiated rulemaking," bringing in the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict.

    Blog text (13)
  • Cool technology like that we'll begin to use in our rulemaking to reduce methane and help reduce that climate pollution.

  • The modern reality of significant legislative rulemaking is well known to be complex, burdensome, and opaque.

    Blog text (24)
  • The judicial review provision should encourage more responsible rulemaking without unnecessarily disrupting the rulemaking process.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The RFA's effect on agency rulemaking has not been as great as was anticipated upon the RFA's passage.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The agency is working hard on the new rulemaking to ensure fair regulations for all businesses.

Synonyms

policymaking
vsrulemaking
7 3.5

Making rules and plans for a government or organization

is narrower, focusing on making or changing official regulations by agencies

Antonyms

85 6.5

A situation with no government and much disorder

50 6.0

The removal of government rules that control an industry or business to allow more competition

How Formal

legislation
  • Formal
3 4.4
rulemaking
  • Formal
8 5.2
policymaking
7 3.5
informal
100 3.1

Surface Forms

rulemaking singular
rulemakings plural

Morphology

rulemaking = rule + making (transparent) = rule + make + ing

A clear compound of 'rule' and 'making' (the act of making), directly indicating the process of creating rules.

Etymology

Rulemaking is made of rule ('a guide or law') and making ('creating'), so it literally means 'making rules'. Think of it as the official process of creating, changing, or removing rules—often done by a government agency—so the word tells you exactly what the process is.