Government Documents

Statutes

• E-Government Act of 2002
• Data Quality Act of 2000
• Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996
• 1995 Amendments to the Paperwork Reduction Act
• Other Laws Governing Rulemaking

Regulations

• Federal Register
• Code of Federal Regulations
• Regulations.Gov
• RegInfo.gov
• Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (RISC site)
• Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (GPO Access site)

White House & OMB Documents

• Cass R. Sunstein and Chris Vein, Celebrating the Release of Open Government Plan, The White House Blog, April 9, 2012
• Office of Management and Budget, “Report to Congress on the Benefits of the President’s E-government Initiatives” (FY 2012)
• The Open Government Partnership, National Action Plan for the United States of America (September 20, 2011)
• Steven Croley, A Status Report on the Administration’s Commitment to Open Government, The White House Blog, September 16, 2011
• President Barack Obama, Executive Order: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review (January 18, 2011) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, “Increasing Openness in the Rulemaking Process – Improving Electronic Dockets” (May 28, 2010)
• Secretary Ray LaHood, Sunshine Week at the Department of Transportation, The White House Blog, March 18, 2011
• Office of Management and Budget Open Government Plan, April 7, 2010
• Director Peter Orzsag, Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies (Open Government Directive Memo), December 8, 2009
• Director Peter Orzsag, Rulemaking 2.0, Office of Management and Budget, June 19, 2009
• Improving online public participation in agency rulemaking, White House Open Government Initiative, Jesse Lee, June 12, 2009
• President Barack Obama, Transparency and Open Government, The White House Blog, January 21, 2009
• Office of Management and Budget, “FY07 Report to Congress on the Benefits of the E-Government Initiatives” (February 2007)
• Office of Management and Budget, “OMB Accelerates Effort to Open Federal Regulatory Process to Citizens and Small Businesses” (May 6, 2002)
• “The President’s Management Agenda” (FY2002)
• Office of Management and Budget, “Testimony of Mark Forman Before the Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy of the Committee on Government Reform” (2001)
• Office of Management and Budget, “OMB Outlines New Federal E-Government Strategy” (2001)
• Office of Management and Budget, “OMB Expands Use of Internet in Regulatory Review Process” (2001)

Regulatory Agency Documents

• Open Government Plan, United States Department of Transportation (updated April, 2012)
• Improvements to Regulations.gov Make for Easier Access to Federal Regulations, United States Environmental Protection Agency (February 2, 2010)
• eRulemaking Enhances Regulations.gov for Access to Federal Regulations, United States Environmental Protection Agency, August 3, 2009
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, eRulemaking Initiative Public Forum (August 6, 2004)
• Kimberly Nelson (EPA CIO), “Statement before the House Committee on Government Reform” (March 24, 2004)
• EPA Administrator Leavitt, “Remarks to EPA Web Workgroup” (January 13, 2004)
• U.S. Department of Transportation, “Report on DOT Significant Rulemakings”

Other Documents

• “Improving Electronic Dockets on Regulations.gov and the Federal Docket Management System: Best Practices for Federal Agencies,” Erulemaking Program Management Office (November 30, 2010)
• Jeffrey W. Seifert, Reauthorization of the e-Government Act: A Brief Overview, Congressional Research Service Report (May 14, 2008)
• Curtis Copeland, Electronic Rulemaking in the Government, Congressional Research Service Report (Oct. 16, 2007)
• Interim Report on the Administrative Law, Process and Procedure Project for the 21st Century, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, Second Session, December 2006. (Please note: This file is very large and can take a longer time to upload.)
• U.S. Government Accountability Office, “Electronic Rulemaking: Progress Made in Developing Centralized E-Rulemaking System” GAO-05-777 (September 2005)
• U.S. General Accounting Office, “Electronic Rulemaking: Efforts to Facilitate Public Participation Can Be Improved” GAO-03-901 (September 17, 2003)
• U.S. General Accounting Office, “Federal Rulemaking: Agencies Use of Information Technology to Facilitate Public Participation” GAO/GGD-00-135R (June 30, 2000)
• Presidential Memorandum on Electronic Government, (December 17, 1999)
• 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)
• National Performance Review, “REG04: Enhance Public Awareness and Participation,” in Improving Regulatory Systems, (September, 1993)
• National Performance Review, “IT03: Develop Integrated Electronic Access to Government Information and Service,” in Reengineering Through Information Technology, (September, 1993 )
• Administrative Conference of the United States, Recommendation 305.90-5: Federal Agency Electronic Records Management and Archives (1990)
• Administrative Conference of the United States, Recommendation 305.89-8: Agency Practices and Procedures for the Indexing and Public Availability of Adjudicatory Decisions (1989)
• Administrative Conference of the United States, Recommendation 305.88-10: Federal agency use of computers in acquiring and releasing information (1989)