For Federal Agencies

The Office of the Federal Register (OFR) offers the following resources to help rule writers meet Federal Register publication requirements and create understandable, enforceable regulations.

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The 2013 Federal Register Agency Liaison Conference was held on April 23rd at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC.

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View event materials:(PDF format):

2013 FRLC Agenda
01 FRLC-Document Flow
02 FRLC-ACFR & the DDH
03 FRLC-Drafting & Submission
04 FRLC-IBR
05 FRLC-OIRA Overview
06 FRLC-GPO Publishing & Billing
07 FRLC-FR Web Resources

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Writing Resources

Learn how to create effective, understandable documents for publication in the Federal Register.

  • [icon-link label="Federal Register Bulletin" icon="newspaper-o" classes="" link="/federal-register/write/newsletter/" /]
  • [icon-link label="Document Drafting Resources" icon="file-text" classes="" link="/federal-register/write/resources.html" /]
  • [icon-link label="Document Drafting Handbook " icon="book" classes="" link="/federal-register/write/handbook/" /]
  • [icon-link label="Incorporation by Reference Handbook " icon="book" classes="" link="/federal-register/write/handbook/" /]
  • [icon-link label="Drafting Legal Documents" icon="pencil" classes="" link="/federal-register/write/legal-docs/" /]
  • [icon-link label="Withdrawing Documents" icon="book" classes="" link="/federal-register/write/withdrawing/" /]
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Learn how to comply with the Plain Writing Act of 2010 and the 1998 Presidential memorandum, Plain Language in Government Writing.

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Code of Federal Regulations Tools

  • [icon-link label="Thesaurus of Indexing Terms" icon="file-txt-o" classes="" link="/federal-register/cfr/thesaurus.html" /]
  • [icon-link label="List of CFR Subjects, Arranged by Title" icon="search-plus" classes="" link="/federal-register/cfr/subjects.html" /]
  • [icon-link label="Laws That Affect Publication" icon="arrow-right" classes="" link="/federal-register/publications/acts.html" /]
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