anchor: Throughout the preamble to the final rule, HUD discusses and responds to issues raised during the comment period, as well as the information gathered during the open house and subsequent working group sessions.
positive: HUD before writing the final rule will discuss and respond to issues raised during the comment period, as well as the information gathered during the open house and subsequent work group sessions.
negative: HUD holds closed meetings and does not engage the public during discussion of a final rule, because they are not experts like the work group members.