The
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) are the rules and regulations
published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and
agencies of the Federal Government of the
United States. They are sometimes referred to as the administrative law.
The CFR is published by the Office of the Federal Register, which is an
agency of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
The CFR
is a multi-volume set divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas
subject to Federal regulation.
Each volume is updated once a year and is issued on a quarterly basis.
New
regulations are published in the Federal Register are designated a CFR
part number, such as 42 CFR 260.11(a).
NARA
maintains an Internet version of the CFR, known as e-CFR, which is
normally current to within three days of the Federal Register.
The
Regulation Titles include:
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Title
1 - General Provisions
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2 - Grants and Agreements
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3 - The President
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4 - Accounts
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5 - Administrative Personnel
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6 - Homeland Security
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7 - Agriculture
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8 - Aliens and Nationality
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9 - Animals and Animal Products
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10 - Energy
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11 - Federal Elections
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12 - Banks and Banking
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13 - Business Credit and Assistance
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14 - Aeronautics and Space
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15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade
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16 - Commercial Practices
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17 - Commodity and Securities Exchanges
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18 - Conservation of Power and Water Resources
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19 - Customs Duties
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20 - Employees' Benefits
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21 - Food and Drugs (details all regulations officially promulgated
by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), or by the US Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA))
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22 - Foreign Relations
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23 - Highways
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24 - Housing and Urban Development
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25 - Indians
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26 - Internal Revenue
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27 - Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms
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28 - Judicial Administration
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29 - Labor
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30 - Mineral Resources
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31 - Money and Finance: Treasury
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32 - National Defense
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33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
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34 - Education
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35 -
Panama Canal
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36 - Parks, Forests, and Public Property
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37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
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38 - Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief
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39 - Postal Service
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40 - Protection of Environment
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41 - Public Contracts and Property Management
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42 - Public health
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43 - Public Lands: Interior
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44 - Emergency Management and Assistance
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45 - Public Welfare
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46 - Shipping
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47 - Telecommunication
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48 - Federal Acquisition Regulations System
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49 – Transportation
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50 - Wildlife and Fisheries
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Further
information on the CFR
and internet hotlinks is available from US Government Printing Office (GPO).
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What are the problems and challenges we will face?
Reality
one: The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is written in complex
confusing language that most people have difficulty understanding and
complying with. This includes your staff, suppliers,
contractors, lawyers,
translators and consultants.
Reality two: There are unnecessary costs
for not complying and ‘ignorance’ is no excuse in the eyes of the
law.
Reality three: There is a simple system
that will help your people ensure:
This system is called Mustor
Management and is governed by the MIS
10 000 standard.
At the 2005 International Plain Legal Language
Conference in
Washington
DC
,
the conference summary speaker Mr Christopher Balmford, described
Mustor Management as “the most exciting development in our field at
the moment”.
This
system will make it easier for your people to:
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negotiate
obligations, offers and counter offers |
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identify
and compare choices |
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compare
changed clauses with original ones |
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compare
clauses between documents |
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plan,
program and cost compliance |
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check
and audit compliance |
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analyse
workflow requirements and develop procedures |
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prepare
flowcharts, procedures, action plans and programs (timelines,
Gantt/PERT charts) |
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make
and review compensation claims |
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complete
prescribed notices and |
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translate
requirements into other languages. |
