'We Loathe Inefficiency'; RegScan Beats the Government at Solving Its Own Giant Puzzle.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 2000 It took a small, Pennsylvania firm to crack the government's toughest regulatory "code." RegScan, an electronic publisher of federal, state and international regulatory information, has announced that it is the first "by far" to offer the complete Code of Federal Regulations The New Deal program of legislation enacted during the administration of President franklin roosevelt established a large number of new federal agencies, which generated a shapeless and confusing mass of new regulations. - all 50 CFR's, current-to-day - available as a comprehensive database with hundreds of thousands of hyper-links and the ability to search across all titles simultaneously. Their new CFR CFR See: Cost and Freight service now gives daily Internet access See how to access the Internet. to the most complete and up-to-date source of regulatory information found anywhere, even from Government Printing Office (GPO) itself. "We loathe inefficiency and all of the unnecessary difficulty required to navigate the daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin regulatory realm," said former U.S. Congressman Allen Ertel, company founder whose vision, 13 years ago, was to turn mountains of regulatory books and binders into digital information. "Last year alone, 19,000 key changes were made to the regs. That creates tens of thousands of CFR changes. We're the only source for timely monitoring and tracking of them. We do it daily." Today, RegScan is recognized internationally as a leader in its field. "Business managers, restaurant owners restaurant owner n → dueño/a or propietario/a de un restaurante , doctors, retailers and lawyers, for instance, interact with these regulations all the time" said Ertel. "But navigating that realm is a daunting task. And it poses great risk for those who ignore or don't understand restrictions." The hundreds of thousands of pages of regulations are those used daily by government, business and industry. They govern all aspects of workplace and public welfare, natural resources and commerce, transportation, communication and national defense. "From agriculture, to wildlife and fisheries fisheries. From earliest times and in practically all countries, fisheries have been of industrial and commercial importance. In the large N Atlantic fishing grounds off Newfoundland and Labrador, for example, European and North American fishing fleets have long and everything in between ... if it's governed in any way by federal, state or international regulation, we streamline the process to check compliance," added Ertel. "The GPO tried to accomplish this for many years, and we accomplished the task in 12 months." All CFR tables, formulas and graphics are reproduced, and RegScan integrates all Federal Register changes daily. The service also permits three key search methods: title, full text or citation. Specific volumes, or all 50 titles, can be searched at the same time. For instance: -- The Hazardous Materials (HM-181) table is fully searchable, allowing users to determine shipping stipulations on any listed chemical in less than 30 seconds. -- The mineral resources Noun 1. mineral resources - natural resources in the form of minerals natural resource, natural resources - resources (actual and potential) supplied by nature section guides all mining & reclamation Reclamation A claim for the right to return or the right to demand the return of a security that has been previously accepted as a result of bad delivery or other irregularities in the delivery and settlement process. . -- Agricultural regulations govern everything from school lunches, farm runoff Runoff The procedure of printing the end-of-day prices for every stock on an exchange onto ticker tape. Notes: If the "tape is late" then it can take a long time to print off all the closing prices. and waste, to labeling & inspection of produce. For more information, visit www.regscan.com, email info@regscan.com, or call 1/800-REGSCAN. Note to journalists: RegScan's regulatory search engine and browser is so user friendly that company experts are confident that, in 20 minutes, they can teach anyone to navigate and use the information. We are eager to teach you. May we hear from you soon? |
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