RSS Feeds
Real Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds are currently available on our Web site and provide users with updates of Federal Register documents published daily by all U.S. government departments and agencies. We are proposing to expand our selection of RSS feeds to let you to receive updates from specific agencies that you select.
The following features are currently proposed:
- “Plain English” definition of RSS feeds and instructions on how to subscribe
- Separate RSS feeds for each U.S. government department or agency. These RSS feeds would alert you when that particular department or agency posts Federal Register documents to Regulations.gov
- RSS feeds for specific topics
Would you like to subscribe to RSS feeds providing updates categorized by specific agencies and topics? Please tell us about other types of RSS feeds which may be useful to you. Tell us what you think by adding a post below.
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rss for search
Just really following on from what globerocker previously commented on - rss for search would be a potential idea for you to consider (Im sure you have put some thought into it)
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With more public participation
With more public participation it will improve and facilitate the governance. I guess RSS feed for search results would be more useful and we would be able to make most of it. Google alert may work fine in tandem with the RSS feed to give maximum benefits. I would also like pollution to be included as discussion topic.
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RSS feeds
I am a new registrant, so I am unfamiliar with the services already offered. But what I'm looking for is a daily email with a short, plain English summary of each Federal Register item, with the agencies I am most interested in (EPA, DOT, OSHA), floating to the top of the list, and all others to the bottom. After each summary, I would like a link I can click to access the full federal register article in case I need more detail.
If this service is already available, please direct me to it; if not, let me know how I can help you create it.
RSS feeds & Email-alerts
It's curious that there is a whole comment section on "RSS Feeds", but the place to make suggestions about "email-alerts" is a sub-section under another heading ("My Profile").
These two types of user-notification should be together in the same place, so that users can comment on them together. Some people like email-alerts, and some people like RSS feeds.
As such, we should be discussing how to let future users decide how they want to be notified. I've read some place that RSS users growth has plateaued at about 20%. If that's true, then Regulations.gov needs to recognize that most users will NOT be using RSS feeds (even if RSS feeds ARE really, really better than email).
For instance, if someone responds to this comment, am I going to be notified by email?
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RSS Feed
I would prefer a RSS feed for search results. Do you plan something like that?
Re: RSS Feed
Thank you, globerocker. The current plan does not include RSS feeds for search results, but that is definitely an idea worth exploring.
-Jeff, eRulemaking Program
Very useful to follow
this is very useful to follow by a feed reader.
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On what kind of
On what kind of topics do you base the RSS feeds? I think its a great idea.
Participate in the OSTP blog on Whitehouse.gov
Just over the weekend, we posted an entry to the Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) blog on Whitehouse.gov to gain even more feedback on "Improving Online Public Participation in Agency Rulemaking." In this expanded discussion, we have seen excellent discussions around six topics:
-Regulatory education
-Public involvement
-Understanding the substance of proposed action
-Institutional change
-Increasing public access
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Shanita, eRulemaking Program
Note on Commenting
Some users may notice that their posts are no longer on Exchange. While we are excited to see that the public is participating in the rulemaking process, we ask that all comments for specific regulations be withheld from these discussion topics. In order to have your comment considered on your specific issue, you will need to go to www.regulations.gov to find the corresponding regulation and submit your comment to the federal agency issuing the rule.
Regulations.gov Exchange's purpose is to gather feedback for improvements, and so far we are impressed with your suggestions.
Jeff, eRulemaking Program
Feed from Advanced Searches
My comment on feeds ties in to my comment on search features. Even the advanced search web page will not be advanced enough for many users. Ideally, you should develop an "expert search" option that would be modeled after Westlaw and Lexis-Nexis, allowing truly advanced searches using proximity terms, Boolean logic, etc., building up from a manual entry of fields and terms plugged in by the user (rather than being limited to what a rigid web form will allow). Then you could create an RSS feed option for every search result (similar to setting up a WestClip from a Westlaw search, or getting an RSS link from every Google search).
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You ask which form f RSS we would like. But I thought there is only one sort of RSS, isn´t it?
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Types of feeds
Will there be feeds from state levels as well? It would be nice to have that tie-in, as well as the federal level.
Re: Types of feeds
Thank you, Faye C. Initially RSS feeds will come from federal agencies, but extending them to the state level is a great suggestion. We will be sure to explore that possibility.
Jeff, eRulemaking Program
Federal agancy RSS feeds
How are you going about obtaining RSS feeds from Federal agencies?
New! Regulations.gov Exchange RSS feed
RSS feed for Regulations.gov Exchange is now available!
Kristin, eRulemaking Program
a great
Thing it is to offer RSS feed. go on
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Best RSS reader
What web-based RSS reader would you guys suggest to track agency and topic feeds?
RSS reader
I prefer "Google reader". It's simple, easy, fast and secure. So I suggest you to use it.
Also there are some other rss readers like "netvibes".
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Thank you for the feedback!
Thank you everyone for your valuable feedback on RSS, and keep 'em coming! So far, you've given us some great ideas that we haven't thought of before, like the RSS by Docket and the technology suggestions. We are looking forward to the ideas that are generated over the next few months, so please continue the discussion!
Jeff, eRulemaking Program
Google Alerts
I can see Google alerts as an option or in addition to RSS feed. Google Alerts work well if you know keywords or phrases that truly get at what you're interested in. I have found that Google Alerts often provide old information or information from very obscure places and not relevant (yes I'm sure some of this is user error, as in not the most correct words or phrases. Some of its a guessing game.) RSS feeds, widgets etc. are used based on an individual's comfort with technology. E-mail alerts are pretty common so this is definitely a good way to go. As Cheme pointed out users (citizens)don't know government speak. As a government worker I come across this all the time. We think everyone understands us b/c we live with it every day. Thus, we know what an agency is but a citizen might think of it as a department or an office---certainly NOT a bureau! If it's not already happening please get people's feedback on how they search/talk about government agencies, programs etc. Thank you.
Feeds for dockets
I think it would be helpful to allow users to subscribe to RSS feeds to specific dockets.
RSS Feeds
Thats a lot of work to setup News Feeds feeds for each doc but maybe in groups or categories.
Feeds for Dockets
The customized RSS feeds will be helpful. In addition to feeds for "topics" and "agencies", you must include RSS for an individual dockets. Personally, I wouldn't care about what agency was creating the rule, nor would I care about a broad topic such as "air" or "water". I would only want to be notified of any and all changes or updates to a particular docket. Every time someone comments on a particular docket, I want to be able to be notified of that. And those notifications should be available in RSS, email, SMS.
Feeds for Dockets
For that matter, if possible, you'd want to be able to get a feed from any given search view. So, for example, for this page of comments (http://www.regulations.gov/exchange/node/16), I'd love to be notified every time a new comment was made.
I can't do that, so I have to come back to this page again and again. What a pain!!! I'm not sure how to achieve this technically, but it would be very helpful.
Regulations.gov exchange subscriptions
We had a bit of a glitch in the beginning, but now you can sign up for email notifications when a new comment is posted. Click on the 'subscribe' link on each discussion topic to sign up for the email notifications.
Kristin, eRulemaking Program
RSS Feeds
This is overdue but I think you'll have problems getting the feeds as specific as I'd like. (i.e., "agency" means "Farm Service Agency", not USDA, but excluding Sunshine Act meeting notices, etc.
If I had to choose, I'd prefer to have your material included in/available to Google Alerts. That way I can determine what I get, rather than be limited to choosing from your options.
Google indexing
I tend to agree with Bill that RSS feeds may not allow for enough tailoring. I also agree that Google alerts would be a good way to get information. Unfortunately, I don't think all information on Regulations.gov is indexed to Google. You can find most of the attachments submitted to Regulations.gov through Google, but most of the html pages - including lists of documents - cannot be found.
RSS Feeds by Topics
I would be interested in a feed for Healthcare Reform or Legislation specifically.
A widget you can share for each RSS feed
The way to engage the public is to take your regulations conversation beyond your website to "where they are." One easy way is to create a shareable widget for each RSS feed and publish those widgets here and on USA.gov. There are a number of good services (extremely cheap and free) available on the web for accomplishing this. One of the simplest to use and view is put out by widgetbox.com. It allows you to do multiple tabs so you can have one widget with two related feeds, including a YouTube channel feed that plays videos right on the page without leaving the site the widget is on.
email subscription on each RSS feed
RSS feeds are great for about 10% of the population that know what they are. People understand "email subscription." This is easy to accomplish, just utilize the free "Feedburner" service (many agencies and websites already do - there are other similar services also.) Every time your RSS service is updated, your email subscribers will get an email - now everyone is actively included!
RSS feeds tied to search
Can you create an RSS feed based on a topic or search results?
RSS by topics
If a user is not familiar with all government agencies, it would be useful to subscribe to a general regulatory topic or industry, such as aviation or energy.
RSS by topic
I think this is definitely the way to go, too. Multiple agencies, for example, will have an impact on health care insurance, from insurance regulators in Congress to the IRS (if it decides to tax employer payment of part of its cost as compensation). People don't generally think of government in terms of "agencies", and most of us don't have a clue just how much agencies overlap and occasionally contradict one another on a variety of topics. These are things we, as citizens, need to know about to become more effective voters.
RSS by Topics
I second (third?) this recommendation. The SEC has separate feeds available at its site right now, for example. Perhaps an easy first step would be to aggregate the existing feeds from all agencies right here, organized by regulatory topic or industry.
Thanks for soliciting input!
this is a great idea
great idea...