FedThread – Interacting With the Federal Register
http://www.fedthread.org/

FedThread is a new way of interacting with the Federal Register. FedThread gives you:
a) collaborative annotation: Attach a note to any paragraph of the Federal Register; start a conversation; b) advanced search: Search the Federal Register (back to 2000) on full text, by date, agency, or other fields; and c) customized feeds: Turn any search into an RSS or email feed; FedThread notifies you when new items match your search query. The Federal Register is “the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.” It’s published by the U.S. government, five days a week. The Federal Register tells you what your government is doing, in a lot more detail than you get from the news media. FedThread is possible because of the government’s new XML-format Federal Register, a milestone in technology-based civic engagement that lets citizens create new services that in turn provide value back to government. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to Business Intelligence Resources Sub ject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to New Economy Analytics, Resources and Alerts Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.