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The eRulemaking Program, based within the EPA, operates the Regulations.gov web site on behalf of thirtynine partner Federal
departments and agencies. In the past year, the Administration redesigned the homepage, search, docket, document, and information
interfaces to make it easier for the public to pinpoint the agency proposed action and encourage further exploration of the
development of a regulation. The program has also released new read data APIsfor Regulations.gov, which enable software programs
and other websites to automatically get data from Regulations.gov. The data APIs are in use by more than fifty organizations,
and expand the reach and utility of the data hosted by Regulations.gov by allowing organizations to use and repackage the
site's data in various ways. Some notable users of the data APIs include the Sunlight Foundation's Docket Wrench, Bloomberg
Government, and the Federal Register's website. The eRulemaking program has also developed a Commenting API that allows third
party organizations to feed comments into eRulemaking's systems through their own websites and applications. The new Commenting
API has been made available to a limited group of Federal agencies, and additional implementations of the API are currently
in development.
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The U.S. will continue its vital efforts in this area by overhauling the public participation interface on Regulations.gov.
We will revamp public commenting mechanisms, search functions, user interfaces, and other major features to help the public
find, follow, and participate in Federal rulemakings. In this way, we will ensure what the President has called "an open exchange
of information and perspectives."
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