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[New Agency] Ruth Just Got a Job as an Assistant

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[New Agency] Ruth just got a job as an assistant in a new federal agency called the Accounting Commission, which was set up to regulate the accounting and auditing profession. The agency is headed by commissioners who serve for fixed terms and can be removed only for cause. No more than a majority of the commissioners may be from the same political party. The agency is getting ready to issue rules. The enabling legislation that set up the Accounting Commission specified that the agency could make rules but said nothing about the form of the rules. Ruth's boss, Odette, gave her some proposed rules and asked her to be sure that they were published and to take care of the next step in the approval process. Odette also told her that at this point she was not very interested in hybrid rule making.
-Which of the following would be the appropriate location for publication of the proposed rules assuming they are accepted by the agency?

Definitions:

Relevant Range

The span of activity or production volume over which fixed and variable costs remain constant on a per-unit basis.

Direct Costs

Direct costs are expenses that can be directly attributed to the production of specific goods or services, such as raw materials and labor.

Merchandising Company

A business that purchases finished goods for resale, aiming to make a profit without changing the form of the goods.

Cost of Goods Sold

The direct costs related to the production of the goods that a company sells, including materials and labor.