Federal Agency Guidance: The Sub-Regulatory Layer
What agencies say their own rules mean, issued without notice-and-comment: IRS revenue rulings, bank supervisory letters, the MPEP and TMEP, the USCIS Policy Manual, NLRB memoranda, HIPAA guidance, export-control opinions, and the DOJ Justice Manual.
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Federal Agency Guidance API: 53 Sub-Regulatory Sources in One Endpoint
Query US federal sub-regulatory guidance by API: 53 named sources, 96,000+ documents, one corpusType token, and a source filter that documents itself.
IRS Guidance API: Revenue Rulings, Revenue Procedures, Notices, and Announcements
An API for IRS guidance: how Revenue Rulings, Procedures, Notices and Announcements sit under the Code, what each binds, and how to query more than 1,400 documents.
Banking and AML Guidance API: OCC, FDIC, Federal Reserve, and FinCEN in One Query
Bank supervisory guidance in one API: FDIC FILs, OCC bulletins and interpretive letters, Fed SR and CA letters, and FinCEN rulings and guidance.
MPEP and TMEP API: Patent and Trademark Examining Procedure You Can Query
Query the USPTO's MPEP and TMEP over one API: current editions, citation forms, filters, and a worked office-action chain.
USCIS Policy Manual API: Query Immigration Guidance by Volume, Part and Chapter
The USCIS Policy Manual is 12 volumes of agency guidance that officers must follow. How its citation form works, why it moves faster than 8 C.F.R., and how to query it.
NLRB Memoranda API: General Counsel and Division of Advice Memos, Queryable
Query 301 NLRB General Counsel memoranda and 340 Division of Advice memos as JSON: why they predict enforcement, and the 10-year window to plan around.
HIPAA Guidance API: HHS OCR FAQs, Guidance, and Enforcement Actions
Query HHS OCR HIPAA guidance, 440+ deduplicated OCR FAQs, and 140+ resolution agreements and penalties as JSON, chained to 45 C.F.R. Parts 160 and 164.
Export Controls API: BIS Advisory Opinions and DDTC Commodity Jurisdiction Determinations
Query BIS advisory opinions and 5,903 DDTC commodity jurisdiction determinations as JSON, and what the EAR versus ITAR question actually turns on.
DOJ Justice Manual API: Over 1,500 Sections of Federal Prosecution Policy
Query the DOJ Justice Manual as JSON: over 1,500 sections across 9 Titles plus the Merger Guidelines. What it directs, what it does not, and why that matters.
The Long-Tail Regulators: CFTC, FCC, FERC, DOE, and CPSC Guidance in One API
CFTC staff letters, FCC declaratory rulings, FERC policy statements, DOE guidance and CPSC advisory opinions, with real counts and one filter to query them.
DOL Wage and Hour API: WHD Opinion Letters and the Field Operations Handbook
How the DOL Wage and Hour corpus is served: opinion letters and the Field Operations Handbook, filterable under corpusType=AGENCY_GUIDANCE.
EEOC Guidance API: Enforcement and Policy Guidance as Structured JSON
Query EEOC enforcement guidance, Compliance Manual sections and technical assistance documents under corpusType=AGENCY_GUIDANCE, source=eeoc_guidance.
CFPB API: Circulars, Supervisory Guidance, and Enforcement Actions
Three CFPB sources in one API: 16 circulars and 95 supervisory-guidance documents under AGENCY_GUIDANCE, 386 enforcement actions under AGENCY_ADJUDICATION.