Identify the two principal ways that regulation writers collect ideas and opinions, and provide a definition for each.

What will be an ideal response?

Formal and informal rulemaking. Formal rulemaking is somewhat like a court proceeding, with a formal hearing, the taking of oral testimony from witnesses, and the use of counsel. The written record is particularly important as it may of use in further discussions and litigation. Informal rulemaking proceeds through several steps: First, the agency must publish in the Federal Register a notice of its intent to issue a certain regulation. A period of several months is specified, during which individuals and groups who believe themselves potentially affected by the rule can offer opinions and make suggestions about its content. After the designated time has passed, the agency may issue a draft of the regulation that it would ultimately like to put into effect. The draft may be based on the suggestions received from affected interests, or it may be what the agency had been planning all along. Then there is another waiting period for responses to the draft regulation, which may be made directly to the agency or submitted indirectly by having a friendly member of Congress contact the agency with proposed alterations. Then, based on these responses as well as its own beliefs, the agency issues the final regulation, which will have the force of law.