Website of the Week

Regulations.gov, http://www.regulation.gov/

This new federal website is intended to help citizens learn about proposed regulations issued by federal agencies and to provide comments on their impact. The site offers a keyword index and a search by government agency.

Information provided includes:

• name of the specific agency, bureau, commission, department, office, or service issuing the regulation
• subject of the regulation
• text of the proposed regulation in HTML and PDF formats
• citation to existing regulation being amended in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
• date of publication in the Federal Register 
• date by which comments are due
• link to a form for submitting comments

The homepage also features a list of related links, including

• e-rulemaking websites of federal agencies
• Office of Management and Budget policy directives and rule review information
• the Unified Agenda and Regulatory Plan, a semi-annual list of regulatory developments
• the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations
• a topical guide to regulations
• the subject/agency index to the United States Government Manual
• laws on the rulemaking process
• and a tutorial on the rulemaking process from The Federal Register: What It Is and How to Use It.