Federal Register Regulatory Monitor

Monitor Federal Register documents by keyword, agency, document type, and publication date window.

This Actor uses public structured data from Federal Register. It normalizes source-specific records into a consistent Apify dataset for monitoring, lead generation, research, and scheduled automation.

Who It Helps

Compliance teams, trade associations, policy analysts, lobbyists, legal teams, and regulatory researchers.

Input

{
  "searchTerms": [
    "cybersecurity",
    "ai"
  ],
  "maxItems": 25,
  "includeRaw": false
}

Fields

• searchTerms - Required. One or more keywords or phrases to match.
• regions - Optional. Source-specific region filters.
• dateFrom - Optional. ISO date in YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to 30 days before the run.
• dateTo - Optional. ISO date in YYYY-MM-DD.
• maxItems - Optional. Defaults to 100; capped at 1000.
• includeRaw - Optional. Include the raw source payload in extra.raw.
• agencies / documentTypes - Optional. Federal Register agency slugs and document types.

Output

Each dataset item includes stable top-level fields:

{
  "id": "source-id",
  "title": "Record title",
  "description": "Short source summary",
  "sourceName": "Federal Register",
  "sourceUrl": "https://example.gov/detail",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-06T00:00:00.000Z",
  "location": "Best available location",
  "category": "Best available category",
  "value": null,
  "contactUrl": "https://example.gov/detail",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-06T05:00:00.000Z",
  "extra": {
    "matchedSearchTerms": ["software"]
  }
}

Source-specific fields are kept under extra so downstream automations can rely on the stable top-level schema.

Notes

This Actor does not bypass logins, CAPTCHAs, paywalls, or access controls. It is built for public-data monitoring and exports only records returned by the source service.

Monetization

Launch pricing is pay per result using apify-default-dataset-item: USD 3.00 per 1,000 normalized records, plus a tiny Actor-start event. The implementation uses public APIs and no browser automation to keep platform cost low.