eCFR Analyzer

Foreign Service Grievance Board (FSGB)

7,399Words in 13 parts
17.0Restriction density (per 1,000 words)
16.7Reading grade
100.0%Unchanged since 2017
1Flagged parts
2016-12-27Last 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
29.4 words on average; 22.6% over 40 words; 31.7% passive; 18.2 cross-references per 1,000 words
Sentence types
definition 5.6% · prohibition 4.8% · paperwork 10.7% · obligation 23.8% · permission 14.7% · other 40.5%
Checksum
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Review candidates in this agency

RankPartWordsScore
435 top 10% 22 CFR 903 INITIATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF CASES
High signals: Paperwork share +2.6 SD · Restriction density +1.7 SD · Directive share +1.3 SD
 1,433 0.80
3,174 22 CFR 906 HEARINGS
High signals: Restriction density +1.7 SD
 1,137 0.00
5,902 22 CFR 901 GENERAL
High signals: none above 1 SD; ranked by the combined score
 1,152 -0.78

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 3. A flag is not a finding.

Statutes behind the most text

  • 22 U.S.C. 4010: 2,982 words in 3 parts (40.3% of this agency's text)
  • 22 U.S.C. 4131: 1,885 words in 2 parts (25.5% of this agency's text)
  • 22 U.S.C. 4136: 1,034 words in 3 parts (14.0% of this agency's text)
  • 22 U.S.C. 610: 907 words in 1 parts (12.3% of this agency's text)
  • 22 U.S.C. 4114: 337 words in 1 parts (4.6% of this agency's text)
  • 22 U.S.C. 4135: 247 words in 1 parts (3.3% of this agency's text)

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

Largest parts

  • 22 CFR 903: INITIATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF CASES (1,433 words)
  • 22 CFR 901: GENERAL (1,152 words)
  • 22 CFR 906: HEARINGS (1,137 words)
  • 22 CFR 908: REMEDIES (907 words)
  • 22 CFR 904: JURISDICTION AND PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS (733 words)
  • 22 CFR 910: MISCELLANEOUS (577 words)
  • 22 CFR 905: BURDEN OF PROOF (412 words)
  • 22 CFR 911: IMPLEMENTATION DISPUTES (337 words)
  • 22 CFR 909: DECISIONMAKING (300 words)
  • 22 CFR 902: ORGANIZATION (247 words)

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