DOT, DHS agencies to begin using FDMS
The DOT and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) United States Coast Guard (USCG) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began migrating from use of the Docket Management System (DMS) to the government-wide Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at www.regulations.gov on October 1. The pending "migration" was announced in a Sept. 24, 2007, Federal Register Notice.
What Is FDMS? FDMS is a full-featured electronic docket management system that gives federal personnel and docket managers the ability to better manage their rulemakings, adjudications, and other docketed program activities. With this system, more than thirty federal departments and agencies can post documents, supporting materials, and public comments/submissions on the Internet and the public will have a one-stop site to search, view, and download documents, as well as to submit comments or other documents to the agency dockets.
Background: FDMS is a major component of the President's e-Rulemaking Initiative, which provides for easy access to the public dockets maintained by federal agencies, while streamlining and increasing efficiency of internal procedures for agencies that do not already have electronic internet-accessible systems. FDMS is designed so that the public has a single point of access to the public dockets across all of the federal government. FDMS offers a standard, online procedure for federal agencies to handle and process documents.
For more information: Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, Office of Information Services, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington DC 20590; Telephone: (202) 493-0402; fax: (202) 493-2251; e-mail address: renee.wright@dot.gov.
