but when one is a government employee, they drown you in it until it comes out of your pores!!! 
The Administrative Procedure Act requires that when an agency proposes new Rules/Regulations, that they post the drafts on the Federal Register and allow for a "Comment Period" so that the public/interested parties can provide their input, including any issues or impacts that might not have been taken into account, or if they approve of them, they can give the changes a high-five.
The typical time frame for submitting comments is generally 30 - 90 days. In this case, the due date for comments was yesterday (8/13/25).
The agencies are supposed to go through those comments and make adjustments to their drafts as necessary and then re-publish the revised version for comments. In fact, on the more controversial Rules changes, sometimes they get so many comments, they might extend the period beyond 90 days, and even upwards of a year or more... and at that point, may end up temporarily (or permanently) withdrawing the Rule if there is too much blowback.
Meanwhile, 45 has decided to start blowing that process off and there are several lawsuits that have been filed challenging the changes based on violation of the Administrative Procedure Act.
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