Illustrative Generic Re-examination Questions

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Illustrative Generic Re-examination Questions

• Is the program, policy, function or activity a direct result of specific legislation?

• Is the current mission fully consistent with the initial or updated statutory mission (e.g., no significant mission creep or morphing)?

• Does it relate to an issue of nationwide interest? If so, is a federal role warranted based on the likely failure of private markets or state and local governments to address the underlying problem or concern? Does it encourage or discourage these other sectors from investing their own resources to address the problem?  

• Have there been significant changes in the country or the world that relate to the reason for initiating it?