Federal Administrative Procedure Sourcebook

This book provides explanations of the key procedural laws and presidential directives that apply across-the-board to federal agencies. It contains all the significant statutes, Executive Orders, memoranda, and other materials relating to the major aspects of administrative law and regulatory practice. In addition to the primary sources, this volume includes pertinent legislative history, bibliographies of related sources, and the editors' insightful commentary on each of the source documents.

Federal Administrative Procedure Sourcebook, Third Edition provides access to and explanations of many of the laws broadly applicable to federal agency officials. It contains all the significant statutes, Executive Orders, memoranda, and other materials relating to the major aspects of administrative law and regulatory practice. In addition to the primary sources, this volume includes pertinent legislative history, numerous citations to related sources, and the editors' insightful commentary on each of the source documents.

"Focusing on 'informal' rather than 'formal' proceedings, this guide aims to inform agency rule-makers, participants and others interested in the subject with a stage-by-stage view of the rulemaking process. [The author] includes the newest procedures, substantive changes and stringent requirements from the second term of the Obama administration and the first 500 days of the Trump administration."--