We examine 89 websites from federal regulatory agencies in order to evaluate their ease of use for those interested in commenting on or learning about their proposed regulations. We find that while there has been a lot of attention given to second and third generation “e-rulemaking” efforts, agency websites, a first generation innovation, still have considerable room for improvement. Notwithstanding legislative and executive branch efforts to enhance the accessibility of regulatory information on the Internet, our coding of regulatory agency websites reveals considerable variation in the quality of agency websites, with many websites still failing to provide relatively basic features
It is a quarter century since I began telling my Administrative Law students that they had better be...
The Obama Administration has identified open government as a top priority, announcing that governmen...
Proponents of electronic rulemaking proposals designed to enhance ordinary citizens’ involvement in ...
We examine 89 websites from federal regulatory agencies in order to evaluate their ease of use for t...
We examine 89 websites from federal regulatory agencies in order to evaluate their ease of use for t...
One of the most significant powers exercised by federal agencies is their power to make rules. Given...
Government websites provide an important location for public access and participation in the governm...
People spend an increasing amount of time online for social interaction, online shopping, entertainm...
Agencies use the Internet for many different purposes, communicating through their websites valuable...
Electronic rulemaking, or e-rulemaking, offers the potential to overcome some of the informational c...
We believe that e-rulemaking does indeed have potential to increase both the transparency of, and pa...
Since the enactment of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) in 1946, the technological landscape h...
Federal agencies issue thousands of regulations each year. In making these rules, agencies follow a ...
Rulemaking is one of the U.S. government\u27s most important policymaking methods. Although broad tr...
Administrative law scholars and governmental reformers argue that advances in information technology...
It is a quarter century since I began telling my Administrative Law students that they had better be...
The Obama Administration has identified open government as a top priority, announcing that governmen...
Proponents of electronic rulemaking proposals designed to enhance ordinary citizens’ involvement in ...
We examine 89 websites from federal regulatory agencies in order to evaluate their ease of use for t...
We examine 89 websites from federal regulatory agencies in order to evaluate their ease of use for t...
One of the most significant powers exercised by federal agencies is their power to make rules. Given...
Government websites provide an important location for public access and participation in the governm...
People spend an increasing amount of time online for social interaction, online shopping, entertainm...
Agencies use the Internet for many different purposes, communicating through their websites valuable...
Electronic rulemaking, or e-rulemaking, offers the potential to overcome some of the informational c...
We believe that e-rulemaking does indeed have potential to increase both the transparency of, and pa...
Since the enactment of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) in 1946, the technological landscape h...
Federal agencies issue thousands of regulations each year. In making these rules, agencies follow a ...
Rulemaking is one of the U.S. government\u27s most important policymaking methods. Although broad tr...
Administrative law scholars and governmental reformers argue that advances in information technology...
It is a quarter century since I began telling my Administrative Law students that they had better be...
The Obama Administration has identified open government as a top priority, announcing that governmen...
Proponents of electronic rulemaking proposals designed to enhance ordinary citizens’ involvement in ...