Directories & Information
- U.S. Government ManualDirectory of government agencies and officials. In print, Law Reference JK421.A35.
- govInfo This link opens in a new windowU.S. Government Printing Office website: Central source for official US documents.
U.S. Federal Agency Regulations
Federal agencies promulgate rules and regulations by authority of the executive branch of government or statutory grant. Most agency actions are governed by the Administrative Procedures Act, codified in Title 5 of the United States Code. Agency rules and regulations are first published in the Federal Register, a chronological publication (Fed. Reg. or FR), and then codified in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
In addition to the resources below, the FR and CFR can be found in Lexis Advance/Lexis Academic, Westlaw, and Bloomberg Law.
- Federal Register This link opens in a new windowThe Federal Register is issued daily M-F. Includes all proposed and final federal agency regulations and all presidential documents. In FDsys and also available in the Reading Room (call number XXKF70.A2).
- Code of Federal Regulations This link opens in a new windowThe CFR codifies all federal agency regulations currently in force. In FDsys and also available in the Reading Room.
- HeinOnlineThe Federal Register and the CFR are archived in PDF files on HeinOnline, back to 1938 for the CFR and 1936 for the Federal Register.
U.S. Federal Agency Rulings, Decisions & Orders
Most federal agencies publish reports of their own rulings, decisions and orders, e.g. Decisions of the National Labor Relations Board. Many also publish online at agency websites. See, e.g., www.epa.gov.
Westlaw, Lexis+ and Bloomberg Law have most agency rulings, decisions and orders.
