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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.
Reader Aids
XML now available for ecfr.gov
We are excited to announce the availability of XML (Extensible Markup Language) data for www.ecfr.gov through our partnership with the Government Publishing Office (GPO)! The XML eCFR.gov data can be repurposed for mobile web applications, data mashups, and other analytic tools by third party providers. Through our partnership with the GPO, XML datasets for the daily Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations have been available for several years on data.gov. The XML data can be downloaded daily at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/bulkdata/ECFR.
“The release of eCFR data in XML by the Government Publishing Office makes the important information prepared by staff at the Office of the Federal Register available in a structured, open format,” says CFR Unit Supervisor Stephen Frattini. “eCFR XML is all about access: XML significantly expands access because it can be easily exported and utilized in a number of ways. With it, the American people can repurpose the contents of the eCFR to meet their own specific needs.”
The Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, or eCFR, is an online, unofficial version of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Rules are incorporated into the eCFR daily by the CFR unit of the Office of the Federal Register within two business days of publication in the Federal Register. This new XML download feature allows users to access the XML from the daily updates made to eCFR.gov instead of waiting for the yearly publication of the printed CFR books.