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Federal Register tops 70,000 pages (2020)
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The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity.
From November 2 to November 6, the Federal Register grew by 2,104 pages for a year-to-date total of 71,222 pages. Over the same period in 2019 and 2018, the Federal Register reached 60,882 pages and 56,254 pages, respectively. As of November 6, the 2020 total led the 2019 total by 10,340 pages and the 2018 total by 14,968 pages.
The Federal Register hit an all-time high of 95,894 pages in 2016.
This week’s Federal Register featured the following 608 documents:
- 469 notices
- 15 presidential documents
- 54 proposed rules
- 70 final rules
No proposed or final rules were deemed significant under E.O. 12866—defined by the potential to have large impacts on the economy, environment, public health, or state or local governments. Significant actions may also conflict with presidential priorities or other agency rules. The Trump administration in 2020 has issued 27 significant proposed rules, 63 significant final rules, and one significant notice as of November 6.
Not all rules issued by the Trump administration are regulatory actions. Some rules are deregulatory actions pursuant to President Trump’s (R) Executive Order 13771, which requires federal agencies to eliminate two old significant regulations for each new significant regulation issued.
Ballotpedia maintains page counts and other information about the Federal Register as part of its Administrative State Project. The project is a neutral, nonpartisan encyclopedic resource that defines and analyzes the administrative state, including its philosophical origins, legal and judicial precedents, and scholarly examinations of its consequences. The project also monitors and reports on measures of federal government activity.
See also
- Ballotpedia's administrative state coverage
- Changes to the Federal Register
- Historical additions to the Federal Register, 1936-2018
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