Federal Register Document Drafting Handbook 
October 1998 Revision 

 
Appendix B: What Services Does the Office of the Federal Register 
Provide? 

 
Liaison Officer training. If you are a Federal Register Liaison 
Officer, contact us for more information. 

Other services for agency regulations staff. Contact your agency's 
Federal Register Liaison Officer to arrange: 

     Preliminary consultation on large projects, such as 
     reorganizations or major revisions or  additions. 
          Technical assistance in drafting complex documents, 
          Requests for special formatting. 

Online publications. Our publications are available online via the GPO 
Access system, at http://www.gpo.gov/nara. 

Online information. Visit our page on the National Archives and 
Records Administration (NARA) site, http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/, for: 

     Links to our publications on GPO Access. 
 
     A description of our publications system, including prices and 
     ordering information. 
     
     A list of documents currently on file for public inspection. 
     
     Federal Register indexes and tables of contents. 

     Research information about public laws and presidential 
     documents. 
     
     A schedule of our public workshops. 
     
     Our role in the electoral college and constitutional amendment 
     processes. 

Document drafting resources. Persons who use this handbook may find 
this area of our WWW site of special interest. From 
http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/, select "Document Drafting Resources," for: 

     This Federal Register Document Drafting Handbook. 
     
     "Drafting Legal Documents," our guide to legal writing. 
     
     The Federal Register Thesaurus of Indexing Terms. 
     
     A link to our regulations in Title 1 of the CFR, online via GPO 
     Access. 

Select "Plain Language Tools" for information on compliance with the 
President's Memorandum on Plain Language in Government Writing. 

 
Public workshops. Our three-hour workshop, "The Federal Register: What 
It Is and How To Use It," open to the general public, covers: 

     The regulatory process. 
     
     The relationship between the daily Federal Register and the Code 
     of Federal Regulations (CFR). 
     
     A "tour" of a typical Federal Register issue, and CFR volume. 
     
     An introduction to Federal Register finding aids. 
     
     An introduction to online Federal Register publications and 
     research tools. 

Although these workshops are free, you must have a reservation to 
attend. For schedules and reservation information, see the inside 
front cover of the Federal Register, or from 
http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/, select "Public Workshops."