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Government

Rulemaking: How a Federal Rule Actually Gets Made

A federal rule travels from a public docket to legally binding text in roughly a year or more, and the comment period — the public's formal opening — closes whether or not anyone significant weighs in.

Alexandria Lucas

Analysis & Opinion