eCFR Analyzer

Employees' Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB)

4,197Words in 3 parts
6.9Restriction density (per 1,000 words)
12.6Reading grade
66.7%Unchanged since 2017
0Flagged parts
2021-02-25Last change

Section changes per year

From the eCFR versioner, for the parts that the agency owns now. Before 2017 is the baseline load.

Text and size

Sentences
20.0 words on average; 5.7% over 40 words; 29.0% passive; 6.4 cross-references per 1,000 words
Sentence types
definition 5.7% · prohibition 0.5% · paperwork 3.3% · obligation 9.5% · permission 20.0% · other 61.0%
Checksum
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Review candidates in this agency

RankPartWordsScore
5,845 20 CFR 501 RULES OF PROCEDURE
High signals: none above 1 SD; ranked by the combined score
4,190 -0.75

Score: the mean of six signals, in standard deviations (SD). Across the CFR, the top 641 of 6,402 ranked parts (10%) get a flag for review; this list shows 1. A flag is not a finding.

Statutes behind the most text

  • 5 U.S.C. 8101: 4,190 words in 1 parts (99.8% of this agency's text)

From the authority notes. A citation is not proof that the statute requires the rule.

Largest parts

  • 20 CFR 501: RULES OF PROCEDURE (4,190 words)
  • 20 CFR 502-599: PARTS 502-599 [RESERVED] (4 words)
  • 20 CFR 500: PART 500 [RESERVED] (3 words)

Reading grade and sentence types are approximate. Simple rules label each sentence; the first match wins.