Federal Regulations

ACUS "is an independent federal agency within the executive branch whose statutory mission is to identify ways to improve the procedures by which federal agencies protect the public interest and determine the rights, privileges, and obligations of private persons. ACUS has issued hundreds of recommendations since 1968 to improve the efficiency, adequacy, and fairness of rulemaking, adjudication, and other administrative processes. Many have resulted in reforms by federal agencies, the President, Congress, and the Judicial Conference of the United States."

Regularly updated unofficial version of the C.F.R., produced by the National Archives and Records Administration's Office of the Federal Register (OFR) and the Government Publishing Office.

Federal Register documents are organized and displayed in an easy to read format with extensive navigation aids and links to related material. Jointly administered by the Office of the Federal Register (OFR) of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Official version of the print C.F.R. in PDF. Browse by title or search by keyword. Coverage is 1996 to date.

Official version of the print Federal Register in PDF. Browse by issue, search by keyword. Coverage is 1936 to date.

PDF version of the print LSA. Browse by title, part/section number. Coverage is 1997 to date. (See "Monthly LSA.")

Content includes the Federal Register Electronic Public Inspection Desk, which provides full-text access to the pre-publication versions of documents scheduled to appear in the Federal Register as well as links to Federal Regulatory Material, Federal Laws, Presidential Documents, and Federal Organizations, Programs, and Activities.

Displays regulatory actions currently at the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) for review. "Regulatory Dashboard" provides a graphical representation of regulatory actions under review, by agency, length of review, economic significance, and stage of rulemaking. Jointly maintained by (OMB) and the General Services Administration (GSA).

"Find, review, and submit comments on Federal rules that are open for comment and published in the Federal Register." Regulations.gov launched in January 2003 in order to provide the public access to federal regulatory content. Users can search all publicly available regulatory materials, submit a comment on a regulation or on another comment, submit an application or adjudication document, download agencies' regulatory materials, and sign up for email alerts about specific regulations.