Federal Legal Research

A chart from the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs that provides an "overview of the informal rulemaking process."

"The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) annual edition is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the departments and agencies of the Federal Government." Use the advance search feature to search the full-text of the current or older editions of the CFR.

"A currently updated version of the Code of Federal Regulations. It is not an official legal edition of the CFR."

At this site you can retrieve a known CFR citation, drill down through the titles to find the material you need, or search the section headings of the CFR. It does not have a full-text search feature.

"The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents." Use the advance search feature to search the full-text of the current or older editions of the Federal Register.

An E-Government initiative, this is a portal for regulatory information.

All Federal Register documents since 1994.

Each agency publishes a regulatory agenda two times a year. This agenda provides information about recently released and upcoming regulations.

This site does not try to cover all material from the Code of Federal Regulations or Federal Register, rather it "links to other administrative actions which are outside the scope of the CFR or the FR." Listings sorted by agency or subject.

Executive orders are official documents, numbered consecutively, through which the President of the United States manages the operations of the Federal Government." Executive orders are also published daily in the Federal Register, and cumulatively in Title 3 of the CFR.

A listing of federal agencies by type from the Louisiana State University Libraries.

An alphabetical listing of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies.