Removing Unnecessary Department-Specific Regulations Related to Employee Responsibilities and Conduct
Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register Jan. 15, 2026. Document 2026-00685. Updated Nov. 15, 2026.
- What it does
By this rule, the Department of Commerce (the "Department") eliminates regulations that relate to the responsibilities and conduct of the Department's employees. None of the regulations at Part 0 is required by statute and, as a whole, Part 0 has been supplanted and rendered obsolete by various Executive branch-wide regulations in Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations and Department Administrative Orders ("DAOs"). The removal of Part 0 is necessary to streamline the Department's regulations and to eliminate unnecessary regulatory complexity and clutter. The intended effect of this action is to reduce the potential for confusion regarding employee conduct and to promote administrative efficiency.
The Commerce Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What changed in the regulation
1 part of Title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).
- Compared with
The Commerce Department has published 19 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 2 in all of 2025.
Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.
- Before this
No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 0605-AA75 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
The rule is effective January 15, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
- Check it yourself
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-00685 |
|---|---|
| Action | Final rule. |
| Agencies | Commerce Department |
| Published | Jan. 15, 2026 |
| Effective date | Jan. 15, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 0605-AA75 |
Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register