The eRulemaking Research group brings together computer and social scientists to examine electronic rulemaking, human language technologies, coding across the disciplines, digital citizenship, and service-learning efforts in the United States. The eRulemaking toolkit, the Rule Writers Workbench, helps to interpret and structure large quantities of text. It is currently in use by the US Fish and Wildlife Service and has supported rulemakings on the Polar Bear, Grey Wolves, and Yellow Billed Loons. [Read more here]
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Democracy and E-Rulemaking: Web-Based Technologies, Participation, and the Potential for Deliberation, David Schlosberg, Stephen Zavestoski, and Stuart W. Shulman
eRulemaking: Issues in Current Research and Practice, Stuart W. Shulman
Whither Deliberation? Mass e-Mail Campaigns and U.S. Regulatory Rulemaking, Stuart W. Shulman
Democracy and the Environment on the Internet: Electronic Citizen Participation in Regulatory Rulemaking, Stephen Zavestoski, Stuart W. Shulman, and David Schlosberg