CPSC Invites Comments on Priorities for Next Two Years

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission will conduct a public hearing to receive views from all interested parties about the Commission's agenda and priorities for fiscal year 2015, which begins on October 1, 2014, and for fiscal year 2016, which begins on October 1, 2015. The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. on July 24, 2014. Requests to make oral presentations and the written text of any oral presentations must be received by not later than 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on July 10, 2014.

The Commission is in the process of preparing the agency's fiscal year 2015 Operating Plan and fiscal year 2016 Congressional Budget Request. Fiscal year 2015 begins on October 1, 2014, and fiscal year 2016 begins on October 1, 2015. Through this notice, the Commission invites the public to comment on the following questions:

1. What are the priorities the Commission should consider emphasizing and dedicating resources toward in the fiscal year 2015 Operating Plan and/or the fiscal year 2016 Congressional Budget Request?

2. What activities should the Commission consider deemphasizing in the fiscal year 2015 Operating Plan and/or the fiscal year 2016 Congressional Budget Request?

3. Should the Commission consider making any changes or adjustments to the agency's education, safety standards activities, regulation, and enforcement efforts in fiscal years 2015 and/or 2016, keeping in mind the CPSC's existing policy on establishing priorities for Commission action? The CPSC's budget request for fiscal year 2015 can be found at: www.cpsc.gov/performance-and-budget. Comments are welcome on whether particular action items should be higher priority than others, should not be included, or should be added to the fiscal year 2015 and/or fiscal year 2016 agendas.