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{{Short description|Official journal of the US federal government}}
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|ProgramName=Federal Register
|ProgramName=Federal Register
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|OrgSponsor=National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
|OrgSponsor=National Archives and Records Administration
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|CreationLegislation=Federal Register Act of 1935
|CreationLegislation=Federal Register Act of 1935
|Purpose=To provide the public with official notice of administrative rules and notices of federal agencies and organizations, and to promote government transparency and accountability. It is the primary medium for announcing these actions to the public.
|Purpose=To provide the public with official notice of administrative rules and notices of federal agencies and organizations, and to promote government transparency and accountability. It is the primary medium for announcing these actions to the public.
|Website=https://www.federalregister.gov
|Website=https://www.federalregister.gov
|Historic=No
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{{Short description|Official journal of the US federal government}}


The '''''Federal Register''''' ('''FR''' or sometimes '''Fed. Reg.''') is the [[government gazette|official journal]] of the [[federal government of the United States]] that contains government agency rules, proposed rules, and public notices.<ref>{{usc|44|1505}}</ref> It is published every weekday, except on [[Federal holidays in the United States|federal holidays]]. The final rules promulgated by a federal agency and published in the ''Federal Register'' are ultimately reorganized by topic or subject matter and [[Codification (law)|codified]] in the ''[[Code of Federal Regulations]]'' (CFR), which is updated quarterly.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-15 |title=About the Code of Federal Regulations |url=https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/about.html |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=National Archives |language=en}}</ref>
The '''''Federal Register''''' ('''FR''' or sometimes '''Fed. Reg.''') is the [[government gazette|official journal]] of the [[federal government of the United States]] that contains government agency rules, proposed rules, and public notices.<ref>{{usc|44|1505}}</ref> It is published every weekday, except on [[Federal holidays in the United States|federal holidays]]. The final rules promulgated by a federal agency and published in the ''Federal Register'' are ultimately reorganized by topic or subject matter and [[Codification (law)|codified]] in the ''[[Code of Federal Regulations]]'' (CFR), which is updated quarterly.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-15 |title=About the Code of Federal Regulations |url=https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/about.html |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=National Archives |language=en}}</ref>