Transcript The Federal Register and the Unified Agenda

The Federal Register and the
Unified Agenda
Carol Bednar
July 26, 2006
Reference Retreat
Unified Agenda
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What is it?
It is part of the Federal Register
Federal Register
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Federal Register began on July 26, 1935
– 71 years ago today!
Started as Communications Tool
Act establishing the Federal
Register Required:
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Filing of documents with the Office of
Federal Register
Placement of documents on public
inspection
Publication of documents in the Federal
Register
1937 amendment
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Permanent codification (numerical
arrangement) of rules in the Code of
Federal Regulations.
1945 amendments
Administrative Procedure Act
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Introduced as a general requirement the right
of the public to participate in the rulemaking
process by commenting on proposed rules
Required that the effective date for a
regulation be not less than 30 days from the
date of publication unless there was good
cause for an earlier date
Contents of Federal Register
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Table of Contents
CFR Parts affected in this issue
Rules and Regulations
Proposed Rules
Notices
Sunshine Act Meetings
Contents of Federal Register
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Presidential Documents
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Proclamations
Executive Orders
Other documents the President orders to
be published (reorganization plans, letters,
etc.)
These Presidential documents are
compiled annually in Title 3 of the CFR
Unified Agenda
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The Unified Agenda (also known as the
Semiannual Regulatory Agenda) is published
twice a year (usually in April and October) in
the Federal Register
It summarizes the rules and proposed
rules that each Federal agency expects
to issue during the next six months.
Unified Agenda
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It is searchable on GPO Access
www.gpoaccess.gov/ua/index.html