III.B.2: eRulemaking
Participate in Regulations.gov. Other Information:
To facilitate the public’s involvement in the Department’s rulemaking process, the Department participates in Regulations.gov,
an electronic, single, Government-wide access point that enables the public to submit comments on different types of federal
regulatory documents and to read and respond to comments submitted by other members of the public during the public comment
period. Regulations.gov improves the public’s access to and participation in rulemaking by providing one central electronic
location to search, retrieve, and read all federal regulatory material. Through this site, the public can view a description
of regulations currently open for comment, read the full text of these documents and any supporting regulatory documents,
and submit comments to the appropriate federal agency. The public uses Regulations.gov to access Department of Education proposed,
interim final, and final regulations, as well as a limited number of our other regulatory documents requesting public comment.
We anticipate that the Department will expand its use of the system to include an increased number of regulatory documents
in the future. A recent search of Regulations.gov showed that the Department of Education has received and posted more than
6,300 public submissions on 980 notices and 100 rulemakings.
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