A New Online Tool From Sunlight Foundation Allows Users to Track Federal Regulation Comments

Yet another useful research tool from the wondeful and important Sunlight Foundation. Like all of Sunlight’s online research resources, their latest release is also free to access and use.
From Sunlight’s Announcement

The Sunlight Foundation launches a new influence-tracking website today that uncovers trends in the federal rulemaking process. Docket Wrench is a searchable database and visualization tool that explores the federal rulemaking system, monitoring comments from 10,000 organizations across 300 federal agencies.
The rulemaking process starts after Congress passes a bill and the president signs it into law. Docket Wrench is a useful, online tool to show how federal agencies are fine-tuning public policy — and the groups trying to influence the regulatory process. While these proposed rules and public comments are posted on Regulations.gov, Docket Wrench goes a step further and allows anyone to see who is commenting and if there are any similarities among the proposals.

Direct to Docket Wrench
Learn More, Register for a Free Training Session
See Also: A Complete List of All of the Research Tools the Sunlight Foundation Makes Available

Filed under: Associations and Organizations, News, Patrons and Users