R Client for the U.S. Federal Register API by Thomas Leeper.
From the webpage:
This package provides access to the API for the United States Federal Register. The API provides access to all Federal Register contents since 1994, including Executive Orders by Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama and all “Public Inspection” Documents made available prior to publication in the Register. The API returns basic details about each entry in the Register and provides URLs for HTML, PDF, and plain text versions of the contents thereof, and the data are fully searchable. The federalregister package provides access to all version 1 API endpoints.
If you are interested in law, policy development, or just general awareness of government activity, this is an important client for you!
More than 30 years ago I had a hard copy subscription to the Federal Register. Even then it was a mind numbing amount of detail. Today it is even worse.
This API enables any number of business models based upon quick access to current and historical Federal Register data.
Enjoy!