FCC's Final Plan for Retrospective Analysis of Existing Rules

The Federal Communications Commission has developed this Final Plan for Retrospective Analysis of Existing Rules. The Final Plan represents the Commission’s strategy for incorporating retrospective analysis into its processes for reviewing its rules.

This plan covers the following documents produced by the FCC:

• Existing significant regulations;
• Existing information collections; and
• Future significant regulations.

Each Bureau and the majority of Offices in the FCC is involved in retrospective analysis of the rules that it implements. As part of the FCC’s Data Innovation Initiative, each of the Bureaus is tasked with identifying obsolete or overly burdensome data collections for potential elimination. Each Bureau and Office also has been asked to undertake a thorough review of regulations to identify duplicative, obsolete or repealed rules that should be taken off the books. Every part of the FCC is involved in efforts to eliminate outdated regulations and to promote private investment and innovation that creates jobs and spurs economic growth. As the FCC continues to implement its plan for retrospective review of regulations, the agency will explore ways of expanding public participation in order to achieve the goals of more efficiently providing the public with information necessary to participate in the regulatory process and improving the actual results of regulatory requirements.