OpenRegs.com officially launched, help us spread the word

OpenRegs.com is officially open for business today. After much testing and tweaking, we’re finally (hopefully) ready for prime-time and we need your help spreading the word.

OpenRegs is an alternative to the federal government’s Regulations.gov regulatory dockets database. That site can be confusing and difficult to use for average citizens and experts alike. The goal of OpenRegs.com is to make the proposed and final regulations published in the Federal Register easy to find and discuss, so that citizens can become better informed and more involved in the regulatory process.

Every year federal agencies issue thousands of regulations that cost society billions of dollars. These rules don’t just matter to big business, they have an impact on everyone’s daily life. From the contents of your toothpaste and shampoo, to the price of your coffee and orange juice, to the design of your car, it’s all affected by federal regulations. Now OpenRegs.com lets you easily find and comment on proposed rules that will have an impact on you.

OpenRegs.com has features not available anywhere else. These include the ability to browse by, and subscribe to, individual agencies and topics codes. Also available are discussion forums for each agency and each regulation, user-submitted related links, and much more. We hope you’ll explore the site and join the conversation.

Please help us spread the word about our site. Tell your friends and family about it by emailing them, blogging about it, and posting it to your Facebook profile. Thanks for your support!