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Increasing Federal Employment of Individuals With Disabilities

SignedJuly 26, 2010
EO 13548·Barack Obama·Access
Why This Matters

This order limits programmatic access to FederalRegister.gov and eCFR.gov due to concerns about automated scraping.

This restriction may hinder developers and researchers from easily accessing federal regulatory information.
Developers and users who rely on automated tools to access federal data are most affected.
Summary

1. Access to FederalRegister.gov and eCFR.gov is restricted to developer APIs. 2. Automated scraping of these sites is prohibited to protect data integrity. 3. Users may need to complete CAPTCHA tests to verify human access.

Who is affected?

Developers and users who rely on automated tools to access federal data are most affected.

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Due to aggressive automated scraping of FederalRegister.gov and eCFR.gov, programmatic access to these sites is limited to access to our extensive developer APIs. Please visit FederalRegister.gov API documentation or eCFR.gov API documentation to learn more about how to access the API.

Your request has been flagged as potentially automated. If you are human user receiving this message, please complete the CAPTCHA (bot test) below and click "Request Access". You may occassionally be asked to complete the CAPTCHA again, this is normal and part of our security measures.

An official website of the United States government.

If you experiencing issues with the CAPTCHA or want to request a wider IP range, you can use the "Site Help" button found in the lower, right of this page to make a request.

Increasing Federal Employment of Individuals With Disabilities - PILLARS