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    "title" : "The Federal Register: Improving Visitors’ Search Experience on Agency Websites |Digital.gov",
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    {"title" :"The Federal Register: Improving Visitors’ Search Experience on Agency Websites","summary" : "The Office of the Federal Register’s mission “informs citizens of their rights and obligations, documents the actions of Federal agencies, and provides a forum for public participation in the democratic process.” As the winner of the Bright Idea Award, FederalRegister.gov is clear and easy to use, but most citizens rarely frequent it. More frequently they","date" : "2014-09-24T10:00:55-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"rachel-mundstock" : "Rachel Mundstock"},"topics" : {
        
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            "content-strategy" : "Content strategy",
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/09/2014-09-24-the-federal-register-improving-visitors-search-experience-on-agency-websites.md","slug" : "the-federal-register-improving-visitors-search-experience-on-agency-websites","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/09/24/the-federal-register-improving-visitors-search-experience-on-agency-websites/","content" :"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/policy/about-us\"\u003eOffice of the Federal Register\u003c/a\u003e’s mission “informs citizens of their rights and obligations, documents the actions of Federal agencies, and provides a forum for public participation in the democratic process.”\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the winner of the Bright Idea Award, \u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/\"\u003eFederalRegister.gov\u003c/a\u003e is clear and easy to use, but most citizens rarely frequent it. More frequently they start searching for information on Google or on agency websites, where it is more difficult to discover pertinent rules and regulations. Search results on regulatory agency websites, by default, don’t include Federal Register documents since they’re published elsewhere.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat’s why \u003ca href=\"http://search.digitalgov.gov/\"\u003eDigitalGov Search\u003c/a\u003e recently rolled out a new feature to display relevant Federal Register rules and regulations as instant answers within the search results on agency websites.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"filling-the-information-gap\"\u003eFilling the Information Gap\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDigitalGov Search seeks to provide immediate answers to the public’s search questions. In addition to the Federal Register documents, we’ve incorporated results to provide instant answers from other specialized government websites, such as \u003ca href=\"http://search.digitalgov.gov/manual/govbox-jobs.html\"\u003eUSAJobs\u003c/a\u003e, included \u003ca href=\"http://search.digitalgov.gov/manual/govbox-health.html\"\u003eMedlinePlus health information\u003c/a\u003e, and agencies’ \u003ca href=\"http://search.digitalgov.gov/manual/flickr.html\"\u003eFlickr\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"http://search.digitalgov.gov/manual/instagram.html\"\u003eInstagram\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"http://search.digitalgov.gov/manual/twitter.html\"\u003eTwitter\u003c/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"http://search.digitalgov.gov/manual/youtube.html\"\u003eYouTube\u003c/a\u003e accounts.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRegulatory agencies that use our service—such as the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sec.gov/\"\u003eSecurities and Exchange Commission\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://www.osha.gov/\"\u003eOccupational Safety \u0026amp; Health Administration\u003c/a\u003e—benefit by more easily sharing newly published notices, rules, and regulations with the public.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI love the new \u003cem\u003eFederal Register\u003c/em\u003e feature box that shows me additional results from my search query from the \u003cem\u003eFederal Register\u003c/em\u003e. It’s like having two searches in one! The “More documents on FederalRegister.gov” link also passes my query directly to the \u003cem\u003eFederal Register\u003c/em\u003e API so I can move seamlessly to the FR site to continue my research. This is very helpful.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— Robert Rand, Securities and Exchange Commission\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSee the SEC.gov sample search results page below, which shows inline results for three recently published notices related to NASDAQ.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/09/600-x-600-SEC-Federal-Register.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Securities and Exchange Commission search results page\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"how-it-works\"\u003eHow It Works\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen searching for a term on an agency’s website, the visitor will see results specific to their query and the agency they are searching. Federal Register documents open for comment periods are shown first so the public can participate in the regulatory process.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDigitalGov Search leverages the \u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/blog/learn/developers\"\u003eFederal Register API\u003c/a\u003e to expose relevant material to searchers and enable the public to participate in the democratic process.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a new feature, Federal Register results are only available on our \u003ca href=\"http://search.digitalgov.gov/blog/serp-redesign.html\"\u003eredesigned page.\u003c/a\u003e To learn more about DigitalGov Search be sure to attend our upcoming webinar covering \u003ca href=\"\n\" title=\"Social Digital Search\"\u003eSocial Digital Search\u003c/a\u003e on September 30th.\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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