About GovComments

GovComments is a free, searchable index of the comment letters that companies, trade groups and other organizations filed on proposed federal rules.

Why it exists

When a federal agency proposes a rule, anyone can file a comment. Those letters are public, but they are spread across many agency websites and are hard to search by who wrote them. GovComments collects them in one place so you can see which organizations weighed in on a rule, and which rules a given organization has commented on.

Where the information comes from

The list of proposed rules comes from the Federal Register. The comment letters come from Regulations.gov and, for some rules, from the filing agency's own website, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission. Every letter on this site links back to the original filing, which is always the authoritative copy.

How it is updated

An automated process checks for new proposed rules every hour. For rules whose comment period has closed, it reads the newest comments and adds the ones filed by organizations. Large rules can draw tens of thousands of comments, so coverage of each rule is partial and builds up over time. The home page shows when the data was last updated.

What is included and what is not

GovComments lists organizations only. Comments filed by private individuals are not published here. Organization names are taken as the filer typed them, so a few may contain typos, and the same organization can appear under slightly different spellings. We merge obvious variants, such as an acronym and its full name, but we cannot catch every case.

Please note

GovComments is an independent website. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by any government agency. Nothing here is legal or financial advice. If you rely on a letter or a rule for anything important, check the original filing.