Civic · official-source review · reviewed 2026-10-10
A comment period is short and the document is long.
Turn a document length, a reading speed, and the days left into total reading time and a daily budget.
Residents, advocates, and small organisations preparing a comment on a published rule.
Use the source document or official route that applies to your situation. This guide does not contact another person or verify external information.
Count the pages you intend to read. Skip the signature blocks and the boilerplate.
Read one page and time it. Dense legal text takes longer than a summary.
Count the days until the comment period closes. Leave one day for writing.
Multiply the pages by the minutes, then divide by the days. That is your daily reading budget.
Note the page numbers you want to cite. A comment that points at a page is easier to use than a general view.
A 120-page rule at 3 minutes a page with 10 days left is 6.0 hours of reading, 36 minutes a day, and 12 pages a day.
Use your own source and details. The example is not a record about a real person or organization.
U.S. General Services Administration, Regulations.gov · reviewed 2026-10-10
What this source supports: Public comments on proposed federal rules are submitted through Regulations.gov during a posted comment period.
Source limit: Not every agency uses Regulations.gov. Some dockets have agency-specific portals and page limits.
These sources support the statements above. They do not show that every person needs this guide. They do not show a specific result.
This guide divides reading time by days. It does not summarise the document or judge the rule.
Not every agency uses Regulations.gov. Some dockets have agency-specific portals and page limits.
Use current instructions from the responsible organization. This guide is a planning aid, not an official decision or a substitute for qualified advice.
Turn a document length, a reading speed, and the days left into total reading time and a daily budget.
This App divides the numbers you enter. It does not summarise the document, read it for you, or judge the rule.
You enter every number yourself. The sources support the method and the limits. They do not produce a result for your specific case. Keep the original documents next to the sheet you build.
The App computes the worked example with your own numbers, in your browser.
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Turn a document length, a reading speed, and the days left into total reading time and a daily budget.
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This guide is edited for clarity and checked against the sources it links. It is not a substitute for official instructions or qualified advice. A linked source does not show that every person needs this guide.