Federal Register - new site!

To mark the 75th anniversary of the Federal Register Act on July 26, 2010, the National Archives Office of the Federal Register and GPO have launched FR 2.0 on http://www.federalregister.gov. The FR 2.0 web site is a beta site at this time, but it may be approved as an official edition in 2011. 

Federal Register 2.0 is a user-friendly digital version of the daily journal of the United States government.  Information is organized similar to a daily web newspaper by topics and interest which include:  Money, Environment, World, Science & Technology, Business & Industry, and Health & Public Welfare.

The Office of the Federal Register (OFR) of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) jointly administer the FederalRegister.gov website. The OFR/GPO partnership is developing an unofficial prototype of an XML-based edition of the daily Federal Register on this site. In the prototype edition, Federal Register documents are organized and displayed in an easier to read format; we have also added various web tools and user aids designed to help people find material relevant to their interests. We built this XML edition of the Federal Register to make it easier for citizens and communities to understand the regulatory process and to participate in Government decision-making.

You can now find the Federal Register electronic public inspection desk at www.OFR.gov.

The Office of the Federal Register informs citizens of their rights and obligations, documents the actions of Federal agencies, and provides a forum for public participation in the democratic process. Our publications provide access to a wide range of Federal benefits and opportunities for funding and contain comprehensive information about the various activities of the United States Government. In addition, we administer the Electoral College for Presidential elections and the Constitutional amendment process.

The Federal Register is updated daily by 6 a.m. and is published Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays, and consists of four types of entries.

• Presidential Documents, including Executive orders and proclamations.
• Rules and Regulations, including policy statements and interpretations of rules.
• Proposed Rules, including petitions for rulemaking and other advance proposals.
• Notices, including scheduled hearings and meetings open to the public, grant applications, administrative orders, and other announcements of government actions.

We recommend reading the “Learn” pages of this site for more on the structure and value of the Federal Register and for an overview of the regulatory process.

Access the "old" Federal Register at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html