Counting Regulations : An Overview of Rulemaking, Types of Federal Regulations, and Pages in the Federal Register.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Government Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative law.

Administrative agencies.

Government paperwork.

Government information.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (21 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Analyzes different ways to measure Federal rulemaking activity. Explains how agencies issue rules, identifying the most significant statutory requirements, executive orders, and guidance documents that comprise the rulemaking process. Provides data on, and analysis of, total number of rules issued each year; and describes other types of rules, such as "major" rules, "significant" rules, "economically significant" rules, and rules issued without notice and comment under "good cause." Discusses number of pages and documents in the Federal Register each year, and analyzes Federal Register content. Includes tables and a graph.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Government Division. Counting Regulations

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.