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 list of Government-wide Administrative Burden Baseline counts is also available.

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

Implementation guidance on Counting Administrative Burden Regulatory Requirements, as well as other guidelines and tools are available to help departments and agencies implement this regulatory reform initiative.