FEINBERG, Lotte E <br/><br/>
Mr. justice brandeis and the creation of the Federal Register 

 - Malden, MA :  Blackwell Publishers,  may/june 2001 
<br/><br/> The creation of the Federal Register in 1935 was crucial in enhaning transparency in American national government and its accoutability under law. this historic action during the troble New Deal era established a core institutional framework that endures as the nation begins a new century and as public administration struggles with an era of new istitutionalism. Drawing on  archival records and interviews, htis article examines the political, administrative, and legal factors that led to the Register`s creation. In particular, it sheds light on the little known but pivotal role played by Justice Brandeis in an extrajudicial capacity in this process. Brandeis`s actions derive, in part, from his lifelong concern for fostering government openness and snsuring accoutability under law from government bureaucracy. Without this intervention, it is unlikely the Federal Register Act would have been enacted ant the time and in its important istitutional form