Administrative Burden Baseline

The Administrative Burden Baseline (ABB) initiative requires departments to establish a baseline count of federal requirements in regulations and related forms that impose administrative burden on businesses.

Federal government departments and agencies have made their individual ABB counts publicly available on the Acts and Regulations pages of their websites. A consolidated list of government-wide regulatory plans and reports pages is available, where you can find each institution’s Administrative Baseline Burden Counts.

The ABB count contributes to openness and transparency in reporting on regulatory administrative burden.

The Guide to the Administrative Burden Baseline, along with information on the requirements for developing, managing and reviewing regulations, are available to help departments and agencies implement this regulatory reform initiative.