Editing Rulemaking (section)

==Introduction==
Legislatures rely on rulemaking to add more detailed scientific, economic, or industry expertise to a policy—fleshing out the broader mandates of authorizing legislation.  For example, typically a legislature would pass a law mandating the establishment of safe drinking water standards, and then assign an agency to develop the list of contaminants and safe levels through rulemaking.

The rise of the rulemaking process itself is a matter of political controversy. Many find that obscure and complex rulemaking tends to undercut the [[democracy|democratic]] ideal of a government that is [[Transparency (humanities)|closely watched by]] and [[accountability|accountable]] to its citizens.