Week 2 Homework 520

Week 2 Homework

1.State the administrative agency which controls the regulation. Explain why this agency and your proposed regulation interests you (briefly). Will this proposed regulation affect you or the business in which you are working? If so, how? Submit a copy of the proposed regulation along with your responses to these five questions. The proposed regulation can be submitted as either a separate Word document (.doc) or Adobe file (.pdf). This means you will submit two attachments to the Week 2 Dropbox: (a) a Word document with the questions and your answers and (b) a copy of the proposed regulation you used for this assignment. (10 points)

Social Security Administration- I have family members that are mentally disabled and not able to work because of the circumstance.

This would not affect me personally but it will help many people that I know that do not get their checks on time because of the process.

2. Describe the proposal/change. (10 points)

It promotes administrative efficiency and helps them make more timely disability determinations and decisions.

3. Write the public comment that you would submit to this proposal. If the proposed regulation deadline has already passed, write the comment you would have submitted. Explain briefly what you wish to accomplish with your comment. (10 points)

My comment is that I am glad that the Social Security Admin is taking the time to realize that the process that they had to make determinations is a tedious one. This new process should help many that are really disabled and need the money because they have no other income. This more speedier process is a good idea.

4. Provide the "deadline" by which the public comment must be made. (If the date has already passed, please provide when the deadline was). (5 points)

This expires November 14, 2011

5.

a. Once you have submitted your comment, what will you be legally entitled to do later in the promulgation process (if you should choose to do so)? (See the...