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: 34 Sub-Regulatory Sources in One Endpoint
Query US federal sub-regulatory guidance by API: 51 named sources, 21,906 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 1,469 documents.
Banking and AML Guidance API: OCC, FDIC, Federal Reserve, and FinCEN in One Query
Bank supervisory guidance in one API: 2,313 FDIC FILs, 606 OCC bulletins, 448 interpretive letters, 336 Fed SR and CA letters, and FinCEN rulings.
MPEP and TMEP API: Patent and Trademark Examining Procedure You Can Query
Query the MPEP (2,024 sections) and TMEP (2,109 sections) over one API: citation forms, filters, and a worked office-action chain.
USCIS Policy Manual API: 456 Chapters of Immigration Guidance, Queryable by Volume
The USCIS Policy Manual is 12 volumes and 456 chapters of binding guidance. 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 300 NLRB General Counsel memoranda and 339 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 44 HHS OCR HIPAA guidance materials, 444 deduplicated OCR FAQs, and 144 resolution agreements 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: 1,548 Sections of Federal Prosecution Policy
Query the DOJ Justice Manual as JSON: 1,548 sections across 9 Titles plus the Merger Guidelines. What it binds, 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.