What Is Rulemaking as It Applies to the Bureaucracy

What is rulemaking as it applies to the bureaucracy?

A) It is a process of defining rules or standards that apply uniformly to classes of individuals, events, or activities
B) It is a process of defining rules or standards that apply differently to discrete individuals, events, or activities
C) It is a process of deconstructing extant rules or standards in order to displace them with improved versions
D) It is non-existent as a process associated with the bureaucracy, as it is strictly confined to the legislative branch at the federal level