E-RULEMAKING: Papers & Reports

Reports

Darrell M. West, State and Federal Electronic Government in the United States, 2008 (2008)
Committee on the Status and Future of Federal e-Rulemaking, Achieving the Potential: The Future of Federal e-Rulemaking (2008)
Cary Coglianese, Heather Kilmartin, & Evan Mendelson, Transparency and Public Participation in the Rulemaking Process (2008)
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) (subsequently published as Cary Coglianese, E-Rulemaking: Information Technology and the Regulatory Process, Administrative Law Review 56: 353-402 (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

Julianne Mahler & Priscilla M. Regan, Agency-Related Blogs as Forums for Policy Networks (2008)
Claire Cardie, Cynthia Farina, Adil Aijaz, Matt Rawding & Stephen Purpura, A Study in Rule-Specific Issue Categorization for e-Rulemaking (2008)
Stephen Purpura, Claire Cardie & Jesse Simons, Active Learning for e-Rulemaking: Public Comment Categorization (2008)
Claire Cardie, Cynthia Farina, Matt Rawding & Adil Aijaz, An eRulemaking Corpus: Identifying Substantive Issues in Public Comments (2008)
Beth Simone Noveck, Wiki Government, Democracy (Winter 2008)
David M. Shafie, E-Rulemaking and Environmental Policy, 1996-2006 (2007)
Stuart Shulman, Click Through Democracy (2007)
Chee Wei Phang & Atreyi Kankanhalli, The Current State and Future of E-Participation Research (2007)
Jaime Arguello & Jamie Callan, A Bootstrapping Approach for Identifying Stake Holders in Public-Comment Corporations (2007)
Nahmee Kwon & Eduard Hovy, Information Acquisition using Multiple Classifications (2007)
Eduard Hovy, Emily Huisman, Nahmee. Kwon & Stuart Shulman, Tools for Rules: Technology Transfer and Electronic Rulemaking (2007)
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)
Julianne Mahler & Priscilla M. Regan, Federal Agencies and the Evolution of Web Governance (2006)
Stacey D. Schesse, A New Domain for Public Speech: Opening Public Spaces Online, 94 Cal. L.Rev. 1791 (2006)
Christine M. Reed, Rulemaking and Small Local Governments: Barriers to Participation, 31 SPG Admin. & Reg. L. News 20 (2006)
Mack Shelley, Lisa Thrane & Stuart Shulman, Generational Differences in Informational Technology Use and Political Involvement (2006)
Mack Shelley, Lisa Thrane & Stuart Shulman, Lost in Cyberspace: Barriers to Bridging the Digital Divide in e-Politics (2006)
Stuart M. Benjamin, Evaluating E-Rulemaking: Public Participation and Political Institutions (2006)
Cary Coglianese, E-Rulemaking, in Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko and Matti Malkia, eds., Encyclopedia of Digital Government (Idea, 2006) (reprinted in Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, Electronic Government: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (IGI Global, 2008))
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)
Kincho Law, Gloria Lau & Gio Wiederhold, Legal Information Retrieval and Application to e-Rulemaking (2005)
Cary Coglianese, Stuart Shapiro & Stephen Balla, Unifying Rulemaking Information: Recommendations for the New Federal Docket Management System (2005)
Cary Coglianese, Expanding Regulatory Pluralism: The Role of Information Technology in Rulemaking (2005)
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)
Cary Coglianese, Stuart Shapiro & Steven Balla, Letter From Scholars Regarding Electronic Rulemaking (2004) (subsequently published as Cary Coglianese, Stuart Shapiro & Steven Balla, Unifying Rulemaking Information: Recommendations on the New Federal Docket Management System” Administrative Law Review 57: 621-645 (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).
Gloria T. Lau, Shawn Kerrigan & Kincho H. Law, An Information Infrastructure for Government Regulations (2003)
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).