Locating related regulations using a comparative analysis approach

  • Authors:
  • Gloria T. Lau;Haoyi Wang;Kincho H. Law

  • Affiliations:
  • Thomson Findlaw, Sunnyvale, CA;Stanford University, Stanford, CA;Stanford University, Stanford, CA

  • Venue:
  • dg.o '06 Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Digital government research
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

The sheer volume and complexity of government regulations make any attempt to locate, understand and interpret the information a daunting task. Other factors, such as the scattered distribution of the regulations across many sources, different terminologies and cross referencing, further complicate the technical issues in developing a regulation information management system. This paper describes a comparative analysis approach and its potential application to assist locating relevant regulations from different sources. Examples from environmental regulations are employed to illustrate the proposed methodology and framework.