RegInfo.gov Is Now Working

On August 19^th, 2025 I reported problems with the RegInfo.gov website, with search data not available on their Regulatory Review tab and their Information Collection Review tab. Today the search function on both tabs are now active.

The OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) has not been out of business while these search functions have not been working. They have still been accepting rulemakings from federal agencies for review and approving rulemakings. They have also been approving new and revised information collection requests. All of these actions have been fodder for blog posts here.

Since August 18^th OIRA has accepted 24 rulemakings for review. The table below shows the ten rulemakings in that period that would probably been covered in this blog:

During the same period OIRA approved nine rulemakings. Three of those rulemakings probably would have been covered in this blog:

Just a quick reminder, my blog posts about such OIRA actions does not necessarily mean that I will cover the rulemakings in any depth when they are published in the Federal Register. In most cases the only mention of that publication will be found in my ‘Short Takes’ blog post on the day of publication.

OIRA also approved 124 ICR submissions/renewals during the period of the outage. None of those approvals would have been covered in this blog.