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A relatedness analysis approach for regulation comparison and e-rulemaking applications

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dg.o '05: Proceedings of the 2005 national conference on Digital government research

Pages 69 - 77

Published: 15 May 2005 Publication History

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The process of e-rulemaking with participation from the public involves a non-trivial task of sorting through and organizing a massive volume of electronically submitted comments. This research proposes to make use of available Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to help describe the relationship of public comments to policy drafts and deliberations. Based on previous work on regulatory management and comparisons, a relatedness analysis tool has been prototyped and applied to compare drafted regulations with the associated public comments. An example using a drafted regulation on rights-of-way access and the comments received by the Access Board is employed to illustrate the prototyped analysis tool. The drafted regulation and public comments are compared using not only a traditional term match but also a combination of feature matches, and not only content comparison but also structural analysis. This comparison framework helps review of comments with respect to provisions in the draft. Examples of results are shown to illustrate the use and limitations of ICT to support policy making.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.4018/IJTHI.2018040103
Shapiro SCoglianese CCushing JPardo T(2007)First generation e-rulemakingProceedings of the 8th annual international conference on Digital government research: bridging disciplines & domains10.5555/1248460.1248464(19-25)Online publication date: 20-May-2007
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1248460.1248464

Index Terms

A relatedness analysis approach for regulation comparison and e-rulemaking applications
1. Applied computing
  1. Law, social and behavioral sciences
    1. Law
2. Information systems
  1. Information retrieval
    1. Retrieval models and ranking

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dg.o '05: Proceedings of the 2005 national conference on Digital government research

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Carvalho NLourenço R(2018)E-RulemakingInternational Journal of Technology and Human Interaction10.4018/IJTHI.201804010314:2(35-53)Online publication date: 1-Apr-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.4018/IJTHI.2018040103
Shapiro SCoglianese CCushing JPardo T(2007)First generation e-rulemakingProceedings of the 8th annual international conference on Digital government research: bridging disciplines & domains10.5555/1248460.1248464(19-25)Online publication date: 20-May-2007
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1248460.1248464

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