# Federal Register

The Federal Register is the journal of the executive branch of the United States federal government, and publishes notices and rule-making proposals from various federal agencies. It is run by the National Archives and Records Administration, includes the Code of Federal Regulations and is published by the Government Printing Office.

## Quotes from the Federal Register

* The daily journal of the United States government
** federalregister.gov, as of January 2025
* Public inspection: Tomorrow's documents today
** federalregister.gov public-inspection, as of January 2025
* Reader aids: Insight into the FR ecosystem
** federalregister.gov presidential-documents, as of January 2025
* The Federal Register: What it is and how to use it - FOR: Any person who uses the Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations
** Federal Register, Volume 56, page 4
* The Federal Register - Daily supplement to the Code of Federal Regulations...
** Code of Federal Regulations, 1976, page 11

### Quotes from the Code of Federal Regulations

* A point in time eCFR system
** ecfr.gov, as of January 2025
* would you like to know if any changes made in these regulations since the revision date of this book without reading the FEDERAL REGISTER every day? If so, you may wish to subscribe to the "Cumulative List of CFR Sections Affected."
** Code of Federal Regulations, 1976, page 12

## Quotes about the Federal Register

* The new daily known as the Federal Register, is to be devoted exclusively to the rules, orders, regulations, specifications, and judicial interpretations of the executive branch of the government. There will be no editorial comment of any kind, and news will be strictly limited to the official utterances of responsible authorities in connection with the newly proclaimed orders, the texts of which will be printed in full.
** The Free Lance-Star, 1936
* Merely the text of administrative orders runs to approximately 200,000 words a month, while interpretations and rulings add at least as much verbage.
** The Free Lance-Star, 1936
* The New Deal's newspaper
** The Daily Times, 1936
* ...it is difficult to discern the any prospective wide popularity for the Federal Register. It contains no sports, no comics, no features of any kind.
** The Daily Times, 1936
* Many will consider it a pity that the Register cannot take the place of the Record.
** Herald-Journal, 1935
* Anyway, the Federal Register is all ready to go to press, the material has been or is being assembled, and all Uncle Sam wants now are some subscribers—for this periodical is going to be sold, not given away.
** Evening Star, 1935, Washington, D.C.
* US Issues Register of All New Laws
** Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 1937
* Federal Register Draws Criticism - Cost of Government's Daily Held Too High
** El Paso Hearald Post, 1936
* Mr. Ludlow said it will cost more than a quarter of a million annually to print the Register and that in his opinion the publication is utterly useless.
** El Paso Hearald Post, 1936
* History will record that the first executive order in column one of the first issue of the Federal Register had to do with Bulls Island.
** John J. Cochran, via Jefferson City Post Tribune, 1936
* The daily issue of the Federal Register will be furnished to subscribers free of postage by the superintendent of documents government printing office, Washington, D.C., for five cents a copy, one dollar a month, or ten dollars a year.
** Oak Park Oak Leaves, 1936

## See also

* Central Intelligence Agency
* Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
* New Deal
* President of the United States
* Washington, D.C.

## External links

* Official website