Federal Index
Independent U.S. regulatory intelligence
The rule changes that affect your company, cited and routed.
Regulatory authority in the United States is fragmented across thousands of publishers, and none of them routes a change to the person accountable for it. Federal Index monitors 15 federal sources, legislation in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and 18 county governments — then routes each change to the person accountable for it, with the governing citation attached.
Currently in private beta · Federal Index LLC, an independent private company
What you receive
Proposed rule
Occupational exposure limit revision — notice of proposed rulemaking
How it works
Three steps, and you can inspect all of them.
Federal Index does not interpret the law for you. It finds what changed, attaches the authority it came from, and puts it in front of the person whose job it is to decide.
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Monitor authoritative sources
Government publishers are read on a schedule. Every source we read is named on the Source Register with the date it last returned a successful read and the number of documents we hold from it.
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Structure the change and cite it
Each document is recorded with its publisher, jurisdiction, status and dates, and carries a link to the official record. Source text and Federal Index analysis are kept visibly separate.
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Route it to the accountable role
Changes reach the role responsible for them rather than a shared inbox. What may apply is flagged for review; whether it does apply is a judgement your team makes.
Coverage
Exactly what your subscription covers.
Every level of government, stated precisely — the coverage and its scope are published together, at the same size, so what you subscribe to is what you receive.
- AK Alaska — legislation
- AL Alabama — legislation
- AR Arkansas — legislation
- AZ Arizona — legislation, and 1 county government: Pima County
- CA California — legislation, and 3 county governments: Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County, Fresno County
- CO Colorado — legislation, and 1 county government: Arapahoe County
- CT Connecticut — legislation
- DC District of Columbia — legislation
- DE Delaware — legislation
- FL Florida — legislation, and 2 county governments: Broward County, Pinellas County
- GA Georgia — legislation, and 1 county government: DeKalb County
- HI Hawaii — legislation
- IA Iowa — legislation
- ID Idaho — legislation
- IL Illinois — legislation, and 1 county government: Cook County
- IN Indiana — legislation
- KS Kansas — legislation
- KY Kentucky — legislation
- LA Louisiana — legislation
- MA Massachusetts — legislation
- MD Maryland — legislation, and 1 county government: Prince George's County
- ME Maine — legislation
- MI Michigan — legislation
- MN Minnesota — legislation
- MO Missouri — legislation
- MS Mississippi — legislation
- MT Montana — legislation
- NC North Carolina — legislation, and 2 county governments: Mecklenburg County, Guilford County
- ND North Dakota — legislation
- NE Nebraska — legislation
- NH New Hampshire — legislation
- NJ New Jersey — legislation
- NM New Mexico — legislation
- NV Nevada — legislation
- NY New York — legislation, and 2 county governments: Westchester County, Albany County
- OH Ohio — legislation
- OK Oklahoma — legislation
- OR Oregon — legislation
- PA Pennsylvania — legislation
- RI Rhode Island — legislation
- SC South Carolina — legislation
- SD South Dakota — legislation
- TN Tennessee — legislation
- TX Texas — legislation, and 1 county government: Harris County
- UT Utah — legislation
- VA Virginia — legislation
- VT Vermont — legislation
- WA Washington — legislation, and 2 county governments: King County, Snohomish County
- WI Wisconsin — legislation, and 1 county government: Milwaukee County
- WV West Virginia — legislation
- WY Wyoming — legislation
Every state and the District of Columbia are monitored for legislation. State administrative rules are a different legal surface and are not covered. County coverage is the published list and nothing beyond it — see the 18 counties by name.
| Level | What is covered | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | Rules, proposed rules and notices, the Code of Federal Regulations, dockets, congressional activity, and named enforcement and safety publishers. | Agencies outside the published source list. Absence here is not a finding that no obligation exists. |
| State | Legislation — bills and their actions — in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. | State administrative rules are not covered. Legislation is not the same legal surface as an agency rulemaking. |
| Local | Ordinances, resolutions and board actions for a published list of selected county governments. | City, town and village governments are outside the Coverage Commitment. Special districts and tribal nations are not monitored. |
| Courts | Federal and state opinions that interpret the material above. | Not a comprehensive case-law service, and not a substitute for legal research. |
See the county list before you buy, and read the coverage definitions.
Provenance
Every claim is inspectable.
Every source we name is one you can check: what it publishes, how many documents we hold from it, and the day we last read it. — From the Source Register, generated from the corpus itself
The Source Register
Every government publisher we read, what it publishes, how many documents we hold from it, and the date it last returned a successful read. No row is written by hand; a source appears only once it is genuinely producing documents.
Open the Source RegisterPublishers and intermediaries
Some records reach us through an access service rather than from the government directly. Those are labelled as intermediaries, not as primary sources, and we link the official record wherever it is available.
How sources are classifiedDates mean one thing each
“Published” is when the issuing authority published. “Source checked” is when we last polled. “Indexed” is when it entered Federal Index. We do not collapse these into a single “last updated”.
What each date meansCorrections
If a source is missing, a count looks wrong, or a document we cited does not say what we said it says, tell us and we will publish the correction. We would rather be corrected in public than trusted by accident.
Report a correctionSources we read
15 federal sources, state legislation in every state, and the courts that interpret them
Every name below is a government publisher or an access service this system reads on a schedule — not a logo wall, and not a partner list. Federal Index is an independent, privately operated company and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them. The list is generated from the corpus: a source appears only once it is genuinely producing documents. The Source Register carries the document counts and the day each source was last read.
Document counts measured 2026-09-22 · 55,623 documents from the 20 sources named here, of 56,661 in the corpus — the difference is city-council agendas, kept out of the county figure, and sources under the 10-document naming threshold
Federal
- Regulations.gov
- Rulemaking dockets and the comment record9,678 documents
- OSHA
- Workplace safety enforcement9,626 documents
- SEC EDGAR
- Company filings and disclosure6,091 documents
- Congress.gov
- Federal bills, resolutions and their actions5,561 documents
- EPA
- Clean Water Act facilities in significant non-compliance3,589 documents
- Federal Register
- Rules, proposed rules and notices — read on public inspection, the day they are filed3,125 documents
- CISA
- Vulnerabilities known to be exploited1,716 documents
- NIST NVD
- The national vulnerability database800 documents
- eCFR
- Amendments to the Code of Federal Regulations, linked to the amended sections692 documents
- FDA
- Enforcement reports and product recalls250 documents
- FTC
- Enforcement actions81 documents
- CPSC
- Consumer product safety recalls64 documents
- CFPB
- Consumer financial protection actions21 documents
- CFTC
- Commodity and futures enforcement16 documents
- OFAC
- Sanctions designations and the specially designated nationals list15 documents
State legislation
- Open States
- State legislative records6,501 documents
- State legislatures
- Bills and their actions in all 50 states and D.C.4,971 documents
- New York Legislature
- New York bills and calendars307 documents
County
- County boards
- Ordinances, resolutions and board actions1,927 documents
Courts
- Federal & state courts
- Opinions that interpret the rules above592 documents
1,012 industries, mapped to the agencies that regulate them
Your NAICS code decides which agencies matter to you and which rule changes are yours. This is the full 2022 NAICS taxonomy as published by the Census Bureau — 20 sectors, 1,012 industries — not a shortlist we invented.
- 11Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting64 industries
- 21Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction21 industries
- 22Utilities14 industries
- 23Construction31 industries
- 31-33Manufacturing346 industries
- 42Wholesale Trade69 industries
- 44-45Retail Trade57 industries
- 48-49Transportation and Warehousing57 industries
- 51Information29 industries
- 52Finance and Insurance35 industries
- 53Real Estate and Rental and Leasing24 industries
- 54Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services49 industries
- 55Management of Companies and Enterprises3 industries
- 56Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services44 industries
- 61Educational Services17 industries
- 62Health Care and Social Assistance39 industries
- 71Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation25 industries
- 72Accommodation and Food Services15 industries
- 81Other Services (except Public Administration)44 industries
- 92Public Administration29 industries
What this system read most recently
The example above is illustrative, and labelled as such. This is not. Below are real documents pulled from the live corpus, most recent first, each linking to the government's own page so you can check it. We publish the metadata and nothing else — what a rule requires is a claim that goes through the citation gate and a human being, not a marketing page.
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Special Local Regulations; Marine Events Within the USCG East District-Ocean City, NJ
Published Sep 10, 2026
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Medical Devices; Ear, Nose, and Throat Devices; Classification of the Cooperative Powered Surgical Assist Device for ENT Surgery
Published Sep 10, 2026 Effective Sep 10, 2026
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Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters
Published Sep 10, 2026
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of Gila Chub From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
Published Sep 10, 2026 Effective Jun 17, 2025
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Fee for Certain H-1B Petitions
Published Sep 10, 2026
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Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters
Published Sep 10, 2026
Newest document shown here was published Sep 10, 2026. The corpus behind it holds 37,600 documents indexed. Every source this system reads, with its document count and last-verified date, is listed on the Source Register.
Straight answers
The questions we are asked most.
Does this replace our lawyers?
No. Federal Index is a monitoring and routing system, not a law firm, and it does not give legal advice. Your counsel still interprets and decides. What changes is that the thing worth interpreting reaches them while there is still time to act.
Why should we trust AI with compliance?
Because the standard we hold it to is inspectable rather than asserted. Every claim carries the primary source it came from, so you are one click from the actual text. Source fact and Federal Index analysis are presented separately, and applicability is flagged for review rather than decided for you.
What exactly do you monitor right now?
Named federal sources, legislation in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, selected county governments, and court opinions that interpret them. The exact list, with document counts and last-read dates, is on the Source Register. State administrative rules are not covered.
What happens when coverage changes?
Coverage expands as capacity allows, and the Coverage Commitment is the binding version of what your subscription covers. You are notified when a new level of government goes live — and if coverage is ever reduced. A vendor who reports only good news is not reporting.
Can we talk to a reference customer?
Federal Index speaks for itself, and we would rather you check us than take a reference's word for it. Anyone claiming otherwise is not us. What we can give you instead is the Source Register, the coverage definitions, and the trust page — all of which you can check without taking our word for anything.
What happens to our price as you grow?
Coverage we add does not change your price. When new counties, a new level of government, or new sources reach the Service, they reach your account at no additional charge — that is delivery of the Coverage Commitment you already bought, not a separate product.
Your beta rate is locked for twelve months from the date your service becomes available to you — not from signature. If onboarding or availability is delayed, the lock does not begin running until you can actually use what you bought. At renewal any adjustment is capped at the lesser of CPI or five percent, and no renewal raises your fee merely because a year has passed. The binding version is Terms §16A.
Is our data isolated from other customers?
Yes, enforced at the database level rather than in application code. One company's data is structurally unable to appear in another's account, and roles are scoped so people see only what their job requires. The details are on the trust page.
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