On July 1, 2009, NHTSA published a notice in the Federal Register at 74 FR 31387 requesting comment on its Rulemaking and Research Priority Plan for 2009-2011. The plan is an internal management tool as well as a means to communicate to the public NHTSA's highest priorities. Among them are programs and projects involving rollover crashes, children (both inside as well as just near vehicles), motorcoaches and fuel economy that must meet Congressional mandates or Secretarial commitments. The notice indicates that NHTSA is also in the process of developing a longer-term strategic plan that would encompass the period 2012 to 2020. That plan will be announced in a separate Federal Register notice.
Comments on the 2009-2011 plan are due August 31, 2009.
For a copy of the plan, see docket NHTSA-2009-0108.
