WASHINGTON-The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the National
Archives’ Office of the Federal Register (OFR) launch the Federal
Register 2.0 prototype, a user-friendly online version of the Federal
Register. This daily journal of government has provided the public
with access to government information and federal regulations for the
past 75 years.  Federal Register 2.0 features a new layout that
organizes the content by topics similar to a newspaper Web site.  The
site displays individual sections for Money, Environment, World,
Science and Technology, Business and Industry, and Health and Public
Welfare. The Web site has improved search and navigation tools to
guide readers to the most popular topics and relevant documents. Users
can submit comments and stay connected through social media.

The first copy of the Federal Register came off GPO presses on March
14, 1936.  GPO partners with OFR to provide the information in the
Federal Register to the American people in both print and electronic
form.  GPO coordinated the development aspects of the new Web site in
collaboration with OFR. GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys), a
content management system and preservation repository, feeds content
into Federal Register 2.0 and acts as the holder of the official
content and archived information.

Link to site: www.FederalRegister.gov

“Federal Register 2.0 is a landmark achievement for the National
Archives, OFR and GPO,” said Public Printer Bob Tapella. “This is an
example of how the legislative branch and executive branch work
together to make government information available and easily
accessible for the American people. For 75 years, GPO has never missed
a print deadline for the Federal Register and now we look forward to
working with OFR to support Federal Register 2.0.”

“Federal Register 2.0 is an advance in the open government initiative
of the Obama administration by being able to make the Federal Register
readily available and easily understood,” said Director of the Federal
Register Ray Mosley.

The GPO is the federal government’s primary centralized resource for
gathering, cataloging, producing, providing, authenticating, and
preserving published U.S. government information in all its forms. GPO
is responsible for the production and distribution of information
products and services for all three branches of the federal
government. In addition to publication sales, GPO makes government
information available at no cost to the public through GPO’s Federal
Digital System (www.fdsys.gov) and through partnerships with
approximately 1,220 libraries nationwide participating in the Federal
Depository Library Program. For more information, please visit
www.gpo.gov.

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(via Jonathan Gray)