A guide to federal agency rulemaking

Overview of federal agency rulemaking -- The Administrative Procedure Act's rulemaking provisions -- Use of rulemaking or adjudication for the setting of policy : a comparison -- Other procedural statutes affecting rulemaking -- Beginning the process -- Electronic rulemaking -- Regulatory analysis and review -- The notice of proposed rulemaking -- Public participation -- The rulemaking record -- "Off-the-record" or "ex parte" communications in rulemaking -- The final rule -- Agency responsibilities after the rule is issued -- Availability of judicial review -- The scope of judicial review -- Judicial review of agency failure to act

"...brings the essential Guide to Federal Agency Rulemaking, formerly published by the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS), completely up to date. A concise but thorough resource, the Guide provides a time-saving reference for the latest case law, and the most recent legislation affecting rulemaking." -- from the publisher's website