Agency Models

Guidance versus Rule

Structured labels can distinguish rule, guidance, and enforcement records without deciding legal effect. Honesty note: simplified federal agency and regulatory model; jurisdictions and programs vary; the pinned first step states the as-of date; not legal advice.

highlighted = computed this step

Regulatory data honesty note

Honesty note: simplified federal agency and regulatory model; jurisdictions and programs vary; as of June 24, 2026; not legal advice; code encodes a stated structural model, not the law itself.

regulatory model as of June24,2026\text{regulatory model as of }June 24, 2026

Agency action labels are review data

The stated process labels agency action records as rule, guidance, or enforcement. Legal effect can be contested.

action→label→review\text{action}\to\text{label}\to\text{review}

Example label set

This model keeps 3 labels separate: rule, guidance, and enforcement.

labels=3\text{labels}=3

The branch leads to review

The flow has 6 nodes, 1 label decision, and no legal-effect result.

decisions=1\text{decisions}=1

Diagram note

The diagram is a classification handoff. It does not decide whether guidance binds anyone or whether an enforcement action is proper.

label is not legal effect\text{label is not legal effect}

Jurisdiction: US; as of 2026-06-24; not legal advice; Code encodes the stated structural model, not the law itself.

Simplified federal agency action labelsSimplified federal agency action labelsscope: US-FED | Agency action label model | as of 2026-06-24Simplified federal agency and regulatory model; jurisdictions and programs vary; not legal advice; code encodes a stated structural model, not the law itself.classifyruleguidanceenforcementreviewreviewreviewAgency actionrole start r0 in0 out1 reach5Labelrole decision r1 in1 out3 reach4Enforcementrole step r2 in1 out1 reach1Guidancerole step r2 in1 out1 reach1Rulerole step r2 in1 out1 reach1Legal reviewrole terminal r3 in3 out0 reach0SCC: scc5:action; scc4:label; scc1:enforcement; scc2:guidance; scc3:rule; scc0:review

Summary

Agency-action labels help route records to review, but the legal-effect question remains outside the toy model.

label then review\text{label then review}