The Office of the Federal Register (OFR) of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) jointly administer the FedReg.gov website.
This website functions as a portal for Federal agencies to transmit incorporation by reference (IBR) requests to the OFR for approval. If you are a Federal Agency Liaison Officer or a Federal employee who works on rulemaking documents, contact OFR for more information about setting up an account.
If you are a member of the public, go to FederalRegister.gov or GovInfo.gov for access to the published editions of the Federal Register. To preview documents filed for publication, go to the Public Inspection Desk on our FederalRegister.gov website.
The Office of the Federal Register informs citizens of their rights and obligations, documents the actions of Federal agencies, and provides a forum for public participation in the democratic process. Our publications provide access to a wide range of Federal benefits and opportunities for funding and contain comprehensive information about the various activities of the United States Government. In addition, we administer the Electoral College for Presidential elections and the Constitutional amendment process. The Federal Register is updated online daily, usually by 7 a.m., Monday through Friday, except on Federal holidays. We recommend reading the "Learn" pages of FederalRegister.gov for more on the structure and value of the Federal Register, and an overview of the regulatory process.
The Office of the Federal Register was created in 1935 under the Federal Register Act (44 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) and its mission was enlarged by the Administrative Procedure Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 551 et seq.) and the Freedom of Information Act of 1966 (5 U.S.C. 552). The regulations that govern publication in the Federal Register are published in 1 CFR chapters I and II.
The Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA (5 U.S.C. 552, as amended), generally provides any person with the statutory right, enforceable in court, to obtain access to Government information in executive branch agency records. This right to access is limited when information is protected from disclosure by one of FOIA's nine statutory exemptions.
OFR publications, including the various editions of the daily Federal Register, the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Federal Register/CFR indexes, and the Public Laws are not subject to the request for records provisions of the FOIA. Under the FOIA, our publications are made available to the public through numerous sources, including FederalRegister.gov, GovInfo.gov website, the GPO book sales program, and nearly 1,250 Government depository libraries located throughout the nation.
For more information, see the National Archives and Records Administration Freedom of Information Act Reference Guide. This Guide provides instructions for obtaining information from us (for both operational and historical records) using the Freedom of Information Act.
Learn more about our FOIA Regulations (36 CFR 1250).
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) is the right of all persons to work and advance on the basis of merit, ability, and potential. Federal fair employment laws prohibit discrimination and require the government to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disabling condition, or reprisal.
The National Archives posts summary statistical EEO complaint data as required by the Notification Federal Employee Administration and Retaliation Act of 2002 (The No Fear Act). The No FEAR Act requires Federal Agencies to post cumulative year-to-date summary statistical EEO complaint data on a quarterly basis during each Fiscal Year (FY) as follows: January 31; April 30; July 31; and October 31. View the most recent data at: http://www.archives.gov/eeo/policy/complaint-activity.html.
We believe that the FedReg.gov website is compliant with Section 508 and W3C accessibility design guidelines. This site uses text-based files and may link to Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files, which are text-accessible through the use of Adobe PDF Tools. See more about Adobe Acrobat Reader and PDF Files below. The OFR and GPO are committed to assisting people with disabilities in any feasible manner, including voice description and other equivalent facilitation, in accordance with the electronic and information technology standards of 36 CFR part 1194.
If you are a person with a disability and you encounter barriers to accessibility on this website, please contact customer service staff of the OFR for assistance at 202-741-6000, 8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday (except Federal holidays).
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