This site displays a prototype of a “Web 2.0” version of the daily Federal Register. It is not an official legal edition of the Federal Register, and does not replace the official print version or the official electronic version on GPO’s govinfo.gov.
The documents posted on this site are XML renditions of published Federal Register documents. Each document posted on the site includes a link to the corresponding official PDF file on govinfo.gov. This prototype edition of the daily Federal Register on FederalRegister.gov will remain an unofficial informational resource until the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register (ACFR) issues a regulation granting it official legal status. For complete information about, and access to, our official publications and services, go to About the Federal Register on NARA's archives.gov.
The OFR/GPO partnership is committed to presenting accurate and reliable regulatory information on FederalRegister.gov with the objective of establishing the XML-based Federal Register as an ACFR-sanctioned publication in the future. While every effort has been made to ensure that the material on FederalRegister.gov is accurately displayed, consistent with the official SGML-based PDF version on govinfo.gov, those relying on it for legal research should verify their results against an official edition of the Federal Register. Until the ACFR grants it official status, the XML rendition of the daily Federal Register on FederalRegister.gov does not provide legal notice to the public or judicial notice to the courts.
The Office of the Federal Register (OFR) and its parent organization, the National Archives and Records Administration, have open government embedded deeply in our shared history and mission. Recently, the National Archives updated its Open Government Plan to include significant initiatives to improve transparency, participation, and collaboration over the next two years.
Since the last update, the agency has implemented almost 70 tasks, including major initiatives in records management, declassification, and the Freedom of Information Act.
Those efforts include:
The OFR once again has a featured place in the plan. Our current open government efforts flow from our tradition of supporting transparency. We were created to provide public notice and due process of law by ensuring that legal issuances could no longer be adopted in secret and arbitrarily enforced against the public. Our modernization plans are an expression of that commitment, and include specific efforts to expand access to regulatory data and other public information.
You can learn more about our allied modernization projects, bulk data applications, data sharing and harmonization projects, and digitization efforts in subsection 5.5 of the plan. We also discuss our intention to develop mobile apps in partnership with Government Printing Office, as directed by the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register. In a few weeks we will report on the first OFR/GPO mobile app.