A Multidisciplinary Collaboration of Cornell Faculty & the Legal Information Institute
The Cornell e-Rulemaking Initiative brings together faculty and students from several disciplines and the legal informatics professionals at LII. We consult with government agencies on, and engage in theoretical and applied research about, the technology and practice of e-rulemaking and related areas of e-government.
An alliance of broad-ranging scholarly expertise with LII's recognized proficiency in Web-based provision of legal information, CeRI's goals are:
Helping agencies use the transition to Internet-based rulemaking as an opportunity to improve the quality and efficiency of their regulatory practice
Facilitating public and private efforts to realize e-rulemaking's potential for increasing citizen understanding of, and participation in, government policymaking
Assisting, and actively promoting, agency experimentation in Internet-based ways to elicit public participation beyond just the notice-and-comment process
Increasing the data available to scholars on rulemaking practices, as well as on how agencies manage and change in light of significant shifts in technology
SPONSORS AND PARTNERS
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Department of Commerce
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Department of Transportation
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National Science Foundation