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On June 2, 2015, the Office of the Federal Register (OFR) hosted its 3rd Annual Federal Register Liaison Conference in the National Archives’ McGowan Theater. What exactly is a Federal Register Liaison? Each federal agency is required to designate an individual as a point of contact for all documents their agency publishes in the Federal Register. Our office notifies this liaison of all publication dates and works with them on any issues that arise through the production process.
In 2013, our office held the first Liaison Conference, followed by another in 2014. This year’s conference, which was open to federal agency liaisons and streamed live on YouTube, covered a range of different topics. Emily Bremmer was our guest speaker from the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS). She discussed the role of the ACUS in administrative law as well as some of the subjects the Conference is addressing in the next year. Several OFR staff members discussed a number of other topics related to the publications produced by our office. The presenters, topics, and full slide information is available in the list below: Emily Bremmer, Research Chief, ACUS: Bremer OFR Liaison Conference Presentation [6-2-15]. Steve Frattini, CFR Unit Chief: Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) corrections and www.ecfr.gov. Brian Swidal, Daily Issue Unit: CFR Index, Thesaurus of Indexing Terms, and List of Subjects Jeff MacAffee, OFR Publication Services, Government Publishing Office: Federal Register subscriptions and PKI rate increase. Miriam Vincent, OFR Attorney: Incorporation by Reference and the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register. John Hyrum Martinez, OFR Managing Editor: Presidential Documents Aaron Woo, IS&T Division Chief: new eDOCS updates and new GSA digital signature tool. Amelia Otovo, IT&T Division: www.federalregister.gov If you have any questions about any of the material, email us at fedreg.info@nara.gov or call us at 202-741-6000. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook!