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BOP Program Statement 1315.08 § 4

FEDERAL REGISTER MATERIALS

activein force · 2026-05-07 – presentact-effective-date

Federal Register documents (specifically, final rules, proposed rules, interim final rules, and

certain notices) pertaining to the Bureau and to the U.S. Parole Commission are to be maintained

in the institution’s inmate libraries and posted on the TRULINCS bulletin board. Maintaining

these documents in the inmate libraries and posting them on the TRULINCS bulletin board

ensure that inmates have notice of the rulemaking and have the opportunity to comment on a

rule.

The assigned Assistant General Counsel in the Office of General Counsel distributes Federal

Administrator. RSD then distributes the documents via email to all Regional Education

Administrators, who in turn distribute the documents to all institution Supervisors of Education

via email. The Education Branch Administrator and Regional Education Administrators must

copy the assigned Assistant General Counsel on those routing emails.

Ordinarily, Federal Register documents will remain posted on the TRULINCS bulletin board for

a period of two years from the effective date of the rule.

The Supervisor of Education (SOE) or designee at each institution must complete the following

tasks related to Federal Register documents:

■ Distribute the attachments (either on paper or via email) to staff responsible for the

institution’s inmate libraries. Staff assigned to the institution libraries are to maintain paper

copies of the Federal Register documents along with the most recent copy of the list of

Federal Register documents.

■ Forward a copy of the most recent list of Federal Register documents to institution Unit

Managers for posting on inmate bulletin boards. The list of Federal Register documents

serves to notify inmates that the documents are available in the inmate libraries.

■ Ensure a copy of each Federal Register document is posted on at least one centrally located

employee bulletin board. Staff may submit comments on proposed or interim rules as

members of the public according to the instructions in the rule itself.

History

PS 1315.08 dated 2026-05-07

Provenance

Source: bop.gov
Retrieved: 2026-09-20
Edition: bop-ps-2026-09-20
Content hash: db5a022e0627e448b9c822820ad1f8e79dda5050aee90114d8a683124bf42a87

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