Setting Government Straight (Gov. Perdue)
What is Regulatory Review?
Regulatory Review is Governor Bev Perdue’s newest initiative aimed at setting government straight. It is a new process that asks you – citizens, community groups, businesses, state employees, local governments or schools – to tell us what rules and regulations in state government don’t make sense.
The Governor has instructed all of her cabinet agencies to stop creating new rules unless they are absolutely necessary and justifiable, until a thorough review can be completed. Every suggestion you send in will be reviewed by the Office of State Budget and Management, and ideas that work will be sent to the agencies to act on. If the Governor can make the change herself, she will; if she needs legislative approval, she will ask the General Assembly to make the change next year.
Why do we need it?
Put simply – because North Carolina has thousands of rules on the books that probably have not been reviewed in a long time and may not be relevant anymore. They may be outdated, inefficient or costly. They may defy common sense. State government is long overdue for such a review.
Gov. Perdue says, “My rule is the ‘plain common sense rule’ – if a regulation is needed, make sure it’s efficient for the user, transparent to the public and has real value for North Carolina citizens.”
How can I help?
Have you had contact with a state agency and found one of its rules to be outdated, frustrating or inefficient? Did it defy common sense? If so, we want to hear from you.
“I am calling on the people of this state who come into contact with state government to talk to me,” Gov. Perdue says. “Tell me what isn’t working for you when you go to a state agency for a permit, or a license, or any other project that falls under state regulation.”
