Regulations
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Official Publications
Federal agencies announce their intention to propose regulations in the Unified Agenda.
Proposed and final rules are published in the Federal Register (FR). Final rules of a general and permanent nature are codified
annually in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
- Unified Agenda 1994 - present. The Unified Agenda is also available from the Regulatory Information Service Center. This alternate site offers searchable and browsable versions of the Unified Agency. The browse feature is by agency and subagency.
- Federal Register (FR) the official daily publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other Presidential Documents. See the Executive Orders for information about Executive Orders from the National Archives. For the executive orders, see Executive Order Dispensation Tables, which contain the citations for the Executive Orders signed from FDR to present. Although the citations do not contain the full text of the order, each citation includes the complete Federal Register citation and status of the order (whether or not the order was revoked or amended by a subsequent order and the number of the order which changed the status).
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is a codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. CFR is divided into 50 titles which represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation. Each title is divided into chapters which usually bear the name of the issuing agency. Each chapter is further subdivided into parts covering specific regulatory areas.
- Regulations.gov is the U.S. Government web site that makes it easier for the public to participate in Federal rulemaking. On this site, the public can find, review, and submit comments on Federal documents that are open for comment and published in the Federal Register. To find Federal Register documents currently open for comment, please use the GO buttons on the top of every page. Then use the Submit a Comment on this Regulation link to express your opinion on a specific document.
- RegInfo.Gov This site from the Regulatory Information Service Center provides onestop access to Unified Agenda and Regulatory Plan, Regulations Pending and Reviews Completed, Paperwork Pending and Reviews Completed, and other information on state and federal regulatory agencies.
- Federal Agencies often publish the regulations which they administer on the Web server of the agency. Agency versions of regulations may include additional background or explanatory material. Use FedWorld.gov to find a specific agencies web site.
- Federal Acquisition Regulation from Acquisition Reform Network.
