Penn Program on Regulation: E-Rulemaking - Papers & Reports

Reports

• OMB Watch/Center for Democracy & Technology, Hiding in Plain Sight: Why Important Government Information Cannot Be Found Through Commercial Search Engines (December 11, 2007)
• Stuart W. Shulman, eRulemaking at the Crossroads (May 2006) (collection of white papers by various authors)
• Stuart W. Shulman, The Internet Still Might (but Probably Won't) Change Everything: Stakeholder Views on the Future of Electronic Rulemaking (2004)
• Cary Coglianese, E-Rulemaking: Information Technology and Regulatory Policy, Regulatory Policy Program Report No. RPP-05 (2004)
• Lisa Thrane, E-Rulemaking Agency Representatives Focus Group Report (October, 2003)
• Lisa Thrane, E-Rulemaking Interest Group Representatives Focus Group Report (October, 2003)
• Henry H. Perritt, Jr., Electronic Dockets: Use of Information Technology in Rulemaking and Adjudication, Report to the Administrative Conference of the United States (October 19, 1995)
• Henry H. Perritt, Jr., Federal Agency Electronic Records Management and Archives, Report Prepared for the Administrative Conference of the United States (December 1, 1990).
• Henry H. Perritt, Jr., Electronic Acquisition And Release of Federal Agency Information, Report Prepared for the Administrative Conference of the United States (October 1, 1988).

Papers

• Beth Simone Noveck, Wiki Government, Democracy (Winter 2008)
• David Schlosberg, Stephen Zavestoski, & Stuart W. Shulman, Democracy and E-Rulemaking: Web-Based Technologies, Participation, and the Potential for Deliberation, Journal of Information Technology & Politics (2007)
• Namhee Kwon, Eduard Hovy & Stuart Shulman, "Identifying and Classifying Subjective Claims" (May 2007).
• Stuart Shapiro & Cary Coglianese, First Generation E-Rulemaking: An Assessment of Regulatory Agency Websites (April 2007)
• Steven J. Balla & Benjamin M. Daniels, Information Technology and Public Commenting on Agency Regulations, Regulation & Governance (March 2007)
• Cary Coglianese, Weak Democracy, Strong Information: The Role of Information Technology in the Rulemaking Process, in From Electronic Government to Information Government: Governing in the 21st Century (Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger & David Lazer, Eds.) (February 2007)
• Cary Coglianese, Congressional Testimony on E-Rulemaking, Before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (July 2006)
• Cary Coglianese, Citizen Participation in Rulemaking: Past, Present, and Future, Duke Law Journal (2006)
• Claire Cardie, Cynthia Farina, & Thomas Bruce, Using Natural Language Processing to Improve eRulemaking: Project Highlight (May 2006)
• Cynthia Farina, Claire Cardie, Thomas Bruce, & Erica Wagner, Better Inputs for Better Outcomes: Using the Interface to Improve e-Rulemaking (May 2006)
• Stuart Shulman, Jamie Callan, Eduard Hovy, & Stephen Zavestoski, "Language Processing Technology for Electronic Rulemaking: A Project Highlight," (May 2006).
• Namhee Kwon, Stuart Shulman, and Eduard Hovy, "Multidimensional Text Analysis for eRulemaking" (May 2006).
• Grace Hui Yang, Jamie Callan, and Stuart Shulman, "Next Steps in Near Duplicate Detection for eRulemaking" (May 2006).
• Stuart W. Shulman, "Whither Deliberation? Mass e-Mail Campaigns and U.S. Regulatory Rulemaking" Journal of E-Government (2006)
• Stephen Zavestoski, Stuart Shulman, and David Schlosberg, "Democracy and the Environment on the Internet: Electronic Citizen Participation in Regulatory Rulemaking," Science, Technology & Human Values (2006)
• Stuart W. Shulman, "eRulemaking: Issues in Current Research and Practice," International Journal of Public Administration (2005)
• Beth Simone Noveck, "The Future of Citizen Participation in the Electronic State," I/S Journal (Winter 2005)
• Cary Coglianese, "The Internet and Citizen Participation in Rulemaking," I/S Journal (Winter 2005)
• Steven J. Balla, "Between Commenting and Negotiation: The Contours of Public Participation in Agency Rulemaking," I/S Journal (Winter 2005)
• Gloria T. Lau, Kincho Law, and Gio Wiederhold, "A Relatedness Analysis Tool for Comparing Drafted Regulations and the Associated Public Comments," I/S Journal (Winter 2005)
• Stuart W. Shulman, "The Internet Still Might (But Probably Won't) Change Everything," I/S Journal (Winter 2005)
• Peter M. Shane, Turning GOLD into EPG: Lessons from Low-Tech Democratic Experimentalism for Electronic Rulemaking and Other Ventures in Cyberdemocracy, I/S Journal (Winter 2005)
• Susan E. Dudley & Richard D. Otis, eRulemaking: A Case Example of eGov Transformation (June 13, 2005)
• Stuart Shulman, Jamie Callan, Eduard Hovy, and Stephen Zavestoski, "Language Processing Technology for Electronic Rulemaking: A Project Highlight," (May 2005)
• Stuart W. Shulman and Mack C. Shelley, "Give the People What They Want: Research Notes from the Hunt for Better Rulemaking," (May 2005)
• David Schlosberg, Stephen Zavestoski, & Stuart Shulman, 'To Submit a Form or Not to Submit a Form, That is the (Real) Question': Deliberation and Mass Participation in U.S. Regulatory Rulemaking (2005)
• Devin M. Ceartas, “Thoughts on E-Rulemaking” (June 2004).
• Beth Simone Noveck, “The Electronic Revolution in Rulemaking,” Emory Law Journal (2004).
  
• Peter L. Strauss, “The ABA Ad Law Section's E Rulemaking Survey,” Administrative and Regulatory Law News (Spring 2004).
  
• Michael Herz,“E-Rulemaking,” in Jeffrey S. Lubbers, ed., Developments in Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, 2002-2003 (ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, 2004).
• Cary Coglianese, “Information Technology and Regulatory Policy: New Directions for Digital Government Research,” Social Science Computer Review (2004).
• Barry Solomon and Ying Han, “Web-Based Environmental Regulatory Updates: A 50-State Survey,” ChemAlliance.org (February 4, 2004).
• Stuart W. Shulman, Lisa Thrane, & Mack C. Shelley, “eRulemaking,” Handbook of Public Information Systems, 2nd ed. (December, 2003)
• Michael B. Gerrard and Michael Herz, “Harnessing Information Technology to Improve the Environmental Impact Review Process,” NYU Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1 (October, 2003).
• Stuart Shulman, “eRulemaking: Issues in Current Research & Practice” (2003).
• Shawn Kerrigan and Kincho H. Law, “Logic-Based Regulation Compliance-Assistance,” Submitted to the Ninth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law (ICAIL 2003), June 24-28, 2003, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, (June 2003).
• Shawn Kerrigan, Charles Heenan, Haoyi Wang, Kincho H. Law, and Gio Wiederhold,“Regulatory Information Management and Compliance Assistance,” Proceedings of the National Conference on Digital Government Research, Boston, MA, (May 2003).
• Thomas C. Beierle, “Discussing the Rules: Electronic Rulemaking and Democratic Deliberation,” Resources for the Future (April, 2003).
• Barbara H. Brandon and Robert D. Carlitz, “Online Rulemaking and Other Tools for Strengthening our Civic Infrastructure,” Administrative Law Review (2003).
• Cary Coglianese, “The Internet and Public Participation in Rulemaking,” Regulatory Policy Program Working Paper RPP-2003-05. Cambridge, MA: Center for Business and Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2003).
• Robert W. Hahn & Robert E. Litan, “Recommendations for Improving Regulatory Accountability and Transparency,” (March 2003).
• Robert W. Hahn & Mary Beth Muething, “The Grand Experiment in Regulatory Reporting,” (March 2003).
• Robert D. Carlitz and Rosemary W. Gunn, “Once in a Lifetime: Opportunities for Civic Engagement” (February 10, 2003)
• Robert D. Carlitz and Rosemary W. Gunn, “Online Rulemaking: Next Steps” (February 1, 2003)
• Jane Fountain, “Prospects for Improving the Regulatory Process Using E-Rulemaking,” Communications of the ACM 46:63 (January 2003)
  
• Eduard Hovy, “e-Rulemaking: Research Problems for IT,” (January 2003).
• Boris Katz, Roger Hurwitz, Jimmy J. Lin and Ozlem Uzuner, “Better Public Policy Through Natural Language Information Access,” MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (2003).
• Gloria T. Lau, Kincho H. Law and Gio Wiederhold, “Similarity Analysis on Government Regulations,” (2003).
• Stuart W. Shulman, David Schlosberg, Steve Zavestoski and David Courard-Hauri, “Electronic Rulemaking: A Public Participation Research Agenda for the Social Sciences,” (2003).
• Stuart W. Shulman, “An Experiment in Digital Government at the United States National Organic Program,” (2003).
• Christopher Weare and J. Woody Stanley, “The Effects of Internet Use on Political Participation: Evidence from Agency Online Discussion Forum,” (2003).
• Gio Wiederhold and Kincho Law, “IT Support for e-Rulemaking,” Stanford University (2003).
• Stephen Zavestoski, Stuart W. Shulman and David Schlosberg, “Democracy and the Environment on the Internet: Electronic Citizen Participation in Regulatory Rulemaking,” (2003).
• Genie N. L. Stowers, “The State of Federal Websites: The Pursuit of Excellence,” (August, 2002).
• Robert D. Carlitz and Rosemary W. Gunn, “Online Rulemaking: A Step Toward E-Governance,” Government Information Quarterly, 19:389-405 (June, 2002)
• Elena Larsen & Lee Rainie, “The Rise of the E-Citizen: How People Use Government Agencies' Web Sites,” Pew Internet and American Life Project (April 3, 2002).
• Jeffrey S. Lubbers, “The Future of Electronic Rulemaking: A Research Agenda,” Regulatory Policy Program Working Paper RPP-2002-04. Cambridge, MA: Center for Business and Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2002).
• Stuart W. Shulman and David Schlosberg, “Electronic Rulemaking: New Frontiers in Public Participation,” (2002).
• Stephen Zavestoski and Stuart W. Shulman, “The Internet and Environmental Decision Making,” (2002).
• JoAnne Holman and Michael A. McGregor, “'Thank You for Taking the Time to Read This:' Public Participation via New Communication Technologies at the FCC,” Journalism & Communication Monographs Vol. 2 (4), (Winter 2001): 158-202.
• Stuart W. Shulman, “Citizen Agenda-Setting: The Electronic Collection and Synthesis Of Public Commentary in the Regulatory Rulemaking Process,” (2001).
• Peter L. Strauss, “Recommendations on Government Development of Internet Use,” prepared for the Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section of the American Bar Association, (February 2001).
• Keith B. Belton, “What if Everyone Were a Policy Analyst?” Regulation (Fall, 2000).
• Robert W. Hahn, How Changes in the Federal Register Can Help Improve Regulatory Accountability, September 1998, subsequently published in volume 52 of the Administrative Law Review (2000).
• John O'Looney, “Electronic Policy and Rulemaking” (2000).
• Stuart W. Shulman, “Citizen Agenda-Setting, Digital Government, and the National Organic Program,” (2000).
• Michele Ferenz and Colin Rule. “RULENET: An Experiment in Online Consensus Building.” The Consensus Building Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Reaching Agreement. Ed. Lawrence Susskind, Sarah McKearnan and Jennifer Thomas-Larmer. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., (1999). 879-898.
• Stephen Johnson, “The Internet Changes Everything: Revolutionizing Public Participation and Access to Government Information through the Internet,” Administrative Law Review 50: 277 (1998).
• Henry H. Perritt, Jr., “Electronic Freedom of Information,” 50 Administrative Law Review 391 (1998).