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New Form for Better Cost Estimates

By Eric L. Lipman

The Inter-Agency Rules Committee ? the consortium (and support group) for state rule writers ? has just posted to the internet a new "Estimated Costs for Rulemaking Form." The form is handy checklist that permits agency personnel to guesstimate the amount of resources that it will require in order to complete various planned rulemaking projects.

In rulemaking, as in carpentry, measure twice and cut once.

The new estimating form, in a Microsoft Word format, is accessible here.

Full post as published by Within the Scope on February 27, 2008 (boomark / email).