Legal Research

?Web 2.0? version of the daily Federal Register

By David

The National Archives Office of the Federal Register and GPO have launched FR 2.0. [http://www.federalregister.gov.] The site was established to mark the 75th anniversary of the Federal Register Act on July 26, 2010. The site displays a prototype of a ?Web 2.0? version of the daily Federal Register. The FR 2.0 web site is a beta site at this time, but it may be approved as an official edition in 2011. Of course, the document is not official and the site notices that ?It is not an official legal edition of the Federal Register, and does not replace the official print version or the official electronic version on GPO?s Federal Digital System (FDsys.gov). Each document posted on the site includes a link to the corresponding official FR PDF file.? The site has a ?Browse? function by agency or by topic. This site is visually appealing and easy to read. It will get better as they add more material and possibly it becomes official. There are links to GPO and additional documents on the page. (Post-David)

Full post as published by Cocky Law Blawg on August 03, 2010 (boomark / email).