A running record of policy as it moves: introductions, committee stages, consultation windows, final rules and statutory guidance. Entries carry dates, responsible bodies and closing deadlines. Built for government affairs staff, association analysts and anyone who must respond to a consultation before it shuts.
A running record of policy as it moves: introductions, committee stages, consultation windows, final rules and statutory guidance. Entries carry dates, responsible bodies and closing deadlines. Built for government affairs staff, association analysts and anyone who must respond to a consultation before it shuts.
A protest freezes a federal contract award long before GAO rules on the merits — the automatic stay, not the final decision, is usually what determines the outcome.
Valentina Sokolov · August 17, 2026
A third of significant federal rules publish in the fiscal year's final month — the product of statutory clocks, review queues, and the Congressional Review Act's lookback window.
Henrik Larsen · August 1, 2026
February 2025's update added federal disaster assistance to the government's official list of broken processes — and the next chance to leave the list comes in 2027.
Valentina Sokolov · July 9, 2026
The Supreme Court ended judicial deference to agency statutory readings in 2024 — and the drafting response, longer rules with more explicit statutory anchors, is visible in the Federal Register.
Valentina Sokolov · June 16, 2026
Congress overturned twenty-two agency rules in 2025 — the most ever in a year — and the mechanism's 50-vote repeal, 60-vote restore structure is now the operative fact.
Valentina Sokolov · May 25, 2026