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CHAPTER TWELVE: Implementation

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The issues of government regulation provide rich puzzles for web-based research. Many complex public policy questions have played out through studies and analyses, which can easily be found through web search engines.

The federal government's catalog of regulations can be found at the website for the Code of Federal Regulations, http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html. Daily changes to federal regulations are published in the Federal Register; see http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html.

The National Academy of Public Administration has conducted an exhaustive study of federal clear air regulations. See A Breath of Fresh Air: Reviving the New SourceReview Program (Washington, D.C.: NAPA, 2003), http://www.napawash.org/Pubs/Fresh%20Air%20Summary.pdf. In addition, the Government Accountability Office (http://www.gao.gov/) regularly reviews regulatory issues through its studies.

Moreover, many government regulatory agencies have their own websites, which are invaluable for tracking policy issues. See, for example, the website for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (http://www.nhtsa.com/) for information about the safety of cars and trucks; the Food and Drug Administration (http://www.fda.gov) for the safety of prescription and over-the-counter drugs; and the Environmental Protection Agency (http://www.epa.gov/) for clean air and water regulations.

Many state and local governments have websites for their own regulations as well. For example, the building code for the City of New York, which officials followed in insisting that Mother Teresa's sisters install an elevator, can be found at http://www.nyc.gov/html/dob/html/code.html.