Thursday is last day to comment on DOL ESG proposed rule

DOL's ESG proposal comment period is ending Thursday and it chose Thursday to redirect commenters to a beta site.

By C.J. Marwitz | July 29, 2020 at 05:55 PM

Thursday, July 30, 2020 is the last day to comment on the DOL's proposed regulation on environmental, social, governance (ESG) investments in retirement plans. The DOL made the comment period shorter than is typical. They also added an interesting twist: A notice on the site, where you go to comment, says this:

"Regulations.gov will start redirecting users to the Beta at https://beta.regulations.gov on Thursday, July 30th, at 8 am ET to Friday, July 31st at 8 am ET. Please note that all comments that are submitted through the Beta, both during the redirect and regular operations are provided to agencies."

Why did they choose tomorrow, of all days, to test launch a beta site? Why not a soft launch on a weekend, or a Friday evening? Come on.

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C.J. Marwitz is a writer and editor.

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