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104 changes: 104 additions & 0 deletions _data/phases.yml
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- title: Pre-planning
who: CFPB
when: "Prior to Feb '13"
what: |
Following the 2008-era financial collapse, the US Congress created the
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and charged the agency with central
authority over a swath of previously disparate regulations. Recognizing
the opaque nature of these regulations and having the desire to iterate on
them rapidly, the bureau's regulatory team began contemplating tools to
aid their work.

In a similar time-frame, the bureau was also sketching out a technology
and innovation fellowship, in which graphic designers, software
developers, and user experience professionals would be brought in to the
bureau for a two-year stint. Technology projects to address regulatory
needs quickly rose towards the top of this list. To prepare, the
regulatory team met with the bureau's technologists and mapped out phases
around displaying regulations, connecting them to relevant documents,
following their history, allowing the public to comment, and tools to
improve the authoring experience.

- title: Plaintext and initial data
who: CFPB
when: "Feb '13 to May '13"
what: |
TODO

- title: Launching with regulation E
who: CFPB
when: "May '13 to Oct '13"
what: |
TODO

- title: XML and diffs
who: CFPB
when: "Oct '13 to Jan '14"
what: |
TODO

- title: Corner cases and regulation Z
who: CFPB
when: "Jan '14 to May '14"
what: |
TODO

- title: Experiments with other agencies
who: GSA
when: "Jan '15 to Jul '15"
what: |
TODO

- title: Additional regulations
who: CFPB
when: "Feb '15 to Jan '16"
what: |
TODO

- title: Generalizing for ATF
who: ATF & GSA
when: "Aug '15 to Jan '16"
what: |
TODO

- title: Additional documents
who: ATF & GSA
when: "Jan '16 to Mar '16"
what: |
TODO

- title: XML authoring
who: CFPB
when: "Jan '16 to Jun '16"
what: |
TODO

- title: Applying to FEC
who: FEC & GSA
when: "Feb '16 to ?"
what: |
TODO

- title: Notice and comment
who: EPA & GSA
when: "?"
what: |
TODO

- title: eRegs platform
who: GSA
when: "?"
what: |
TODO

- title: Building from XML
who: CFPB
when: "?"
what: |
TODO

- title: Applying to OMB
who: GSA & OMB
when: "?"
what: |
TODO
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[CFPB released its initial version of eRegulations in 2013](http://www.consumerfinance.gov/blog/making-regulations-easier-to-use/), and [18F and ATF began reusing it for ATF in 2015](https://18f.gsa.gov/2015/12/09/an-open-source-government-is-a-faster-more-efficient-government/).

## Phases and concurrent efforts

{% for phase in site.data.phases %}
### {{ phase.title }} ({{ phase.who }}, {{ phase.when }})
{{ phase.what | markdownify }}
{% endfor %}

## In the news

A few news clippings that also discuss motivations for eRegulations:

* [Federal Source Code Policy: Achieving Efficiency, Transparency, and Innovation through Reusable and Open Source Software](https://policy.cio.gov/source-code/), August 2016, The White House: “18F and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB): Both of these organizations have policies that establish a default position to publish source code that is custom-developed by or for the organization. For example, both organizations contribute to the source code for the eRegulations platform, a web-based interface for public viewing and commenting on proposed changes to Federal regulations. The eRegulations platform, which originated at CFPB, is being used by other Federal agencies and continues to be improved based on public feedback;”
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