Public Comment Deadline Watch

Why this is recommended

A comment filed before a rate case closes, a rule that changes overdraft fees or airline refunds, or a transit cut with a hearing date is participation that costs nothing and can move money, and the Tab reads the Federal Register so the member reads one deadline.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

Anyone who has ever said someone should do something about that, and the advocates, small business owners and parents who want their five minutes on the record.

When it runs

Agencies open comment periods in the Federal Register on weekdays and most run 30 to 60 days

Scope

Federal Register comment periods from FTC, CFPB, FCC, DOT, EPA, USDA, HHS, CMS, FDA, Department of Education, DOL and Treasury on consumer-facing rules; state utility rate cases and hearings; transit, road and airport project comment windows; FCC and FTC proceedings on fees, robocalls, privacy and broadband; school board and city policy comment windows in the 50 largest jurisdictions; Regulations.gov and state portal changes; strictly neutral summaries

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

Open public comment periods on federal and state rules that touch everyday life, with what the rule would do in plain language, who it affects, how to comment and the deadline, plus state utility rate cases, transit and road project comment windows, FCC and FTC proceedings on fees, robocalls and privacy and school board and city policy comment windows in the largest jurisdictions, strictly neutral, with the rule and the deadline in the title.

Track public comment opportunities in the United States, strictly neutral. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: Federal Register comment periods opening or closing within 30 days from the FTC, CFPB, FCC, DOT, EPA, USDA, HHS, CMS, FDA, Department of Education, DOL and Treasury on rules affecting consumers, workers, patients, parents or small businesses, with a plain-language summary of what the rule would do; state utility rate case hearings and comment windows; transit, road and airport project comment windows in the 50 largest metros; FCC and FTC proceedings on fees, robocalls, privacy and broadband; school board and city policy comment windows in the 50 largest jurisdictions; and Regulations.gov and state portal changes. Prefer the Federal Register, Regulations.gov, agency dockets, state utility commissions, transit agencies and official meeting notices; ignore advocacy campaigns, form-letter drives and partisan commentary, and never take a position on any rule. Put the rule and the deadline first in the title with the agency. Use high severity for a comment period closing within 10 days on a rule affecting most households, or a rate case hearing within 14 days. Return no more than 8 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what the rule would do, who it affects, how to comment, the deadline, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.