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title: Public comments and policy process
description: Handling of public comments in federal policy rulemaking.
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Handling of public comments in federal policy rulemaking.

Tagged on **65** documents.

# Principal voices

* [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) - 12 documents
* [Sarah J. Imhoff](/people/sarah-j-imhoff.md) - 7 documents
* [Chase Crawford](/people/chase-crawford.md) - 6 documents
* [Anna Kern](/people/anna-kern.md) - 3 documents
* [Sara Selgrade](/people/sara-selgrade.md) - 2 documents
* [Carole Heilman](/people/carole-heilman.md) - 1 documents
* [Robert Eiss](/people/robert-eiss.md) - 1 documents
* [Robert F. Garry](/people/robert-f-garry.md) - 1 documents

# Statement timeline

Attributed statements in chronological order. Each is quoted verbatim and cited to its page.

* **2009-07-16** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "The ban has been lifted by law and is now in public comment for final lifting by HHS." [^diary_prequel]

# Matching terms

High-confidence: `public comment`, `comment period`, `federal register`, `rulemaking`, `notice and comment`

Supporting: `policy`, `framework`, `guidance`, `draft policy`, `stakeholder`

# Sources

[^diary_prequel]: [diary_prequel](/sources/diary-prequel.md)
[^fauci_diary]: [fauci_diary](/sources/fauci-diary.md)
[^fauci_intel]: [fauci_intel](/sources/fauci-intel.md)
[^gates]: [gates](/sources/gates.md)
[^monkeypox_release]: [monkeypox_release](/sources/monkeypox-release.md)
[^nih_public_comments]: [nih_public_comments](/sources/nih-public-comments.md)
[^reading_room]: [reading_room](/sources/reading-room.md)
[^slack_pm]: [slack_pm](/sources/slack-pm.md)