Federal Register
The daily journal of the US federal government - where regulatory changes are first published. Critical for compliance monitoring.
What's indexed
Proposed rules
Regulations open for public comment
Final rules
Regulations taking effect
Notices
Agency announcements and guidance
Presidential documents
Executive orders and proclamations
Agency metadata
Issuing agency, sub-agency, office
CFR references
Cross-references to affected CFR sections
Why it matters
The Federal Register is where every proposed and final federal regulation is published. For financial services firms, this is the earliest signal that rules are changing. Monitoring the Federal Register is essential for tracking proposed rules during comment periods, catching final rules before they take effect, and staying ahead of regulatory changes that affect obligations.
Filters and metadata
Example queries
Track SEC rule changes
search "securities" filter: agency=SEC, type=final_rule, since=2024-01-01Find proposed rules in comment period
search "capital requirements" filter: type=proposed_rule, comment_period=openMonitor rule changes by topic
subscribe: agency IN [SEC, CFTC, FDIC] events: [rule_update, proposed_rule]Freshness
The Federal Register publishes daily on business days. The corpus is recrawled to capture new publications. Change events are emitted for new documents, corrections, and withdrawals.