THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
The REGO REPORT REinventing GOvernment Week of February 21, 1995
REGO II MEANS BUSINESS
This week at the White House, President Clinton and Vice President Gore announced their Regulatory Reinvention Initiative, ordering a major overhaul of the nation's regulatory system and how it works with the American business community. All agencies are to immediately conduct a comprehensive review of their rules to identify regulations that are either obsolete, burdensome to business, or both. The audience of Cabinet Secretaries and regulatory agency heads were told to work with their customers -- the business community -- to reassess how regulations are developed, which should be deleted or changed, and how enforcement could be improved. The President and Vice President offered a set of rules for reinventing regulations to produce a government that works better for less. Regulators were presented with a laminated business card with these rules:
President Bill Clinton
Vice President Al Gore
Safe food, cars, planes, factories, and toys
Clean water and air
Sound financial institutions