Executive Order 12866: An Analysis of the New Executive Order on Regulatory Planning and Review
On September 30, 1993, President Clinton signed Executive Order 12866,1 a new executive order (E.O.) on regulatory planning and review to replace E.O.s 122912 and 12498.3 At the signing ceremony, he identified several objectives of the new E.O., including "get[ting] rid of useless, outdated and unnecessary regulations"; implementing a regulatory review process that would be "fair, streamlined, responsive, and much more straightforward"; eliminating "the days of back-door access to undermining the regulatory proces