Main Documents submitted to the Office of the Federal Register (OFR), which publishes the FR, may be digitally signed by authorized parties. Digital signatures were first implemented in October 2008. The alternative method is handwriting signatures and physically sending documents via shuttles during certain time intervals. Digitally signing documents reduces the time it takes for documents to be submitted to the OFR by removing the need to physically sign and send hard copies of the documents, which allows more efficient submission for statutory deadlines, press conferences, Congressional deadlines, etc. From an emergency preparedness standpoint, digital signatures can be completed remotely in the event of a situation when an authorized party does not have access to the office. <i>Information is current as of December 31, 2012</i> Percent 0 100

FY 2010 Overall: 79%

Oct 2009 90 42 Nov 2009 90 59 Dec 2009 90 78 Jan 2010 90 82 Feb 2010 90 73 Mar 2010 90 89 Apr 2010 90 84 May 2010 90 100 Jun 2010 90 77 Jul 2010 90 98 Aug 2010 90 90 Sep 2010 90 90 0 100

FY 2011 Overall: 92%

Oct 2010 90 98 Nov 2010 90 88 Dec 2010 90 78 Jan 2011 90 95 Feb 2011 90 100 Mar 2011 90 86 Apr 2011 90 90 May 2011 90 86 Jun 2011 90 90 Jul 2011 90 99 Aug 2011 90 97 Sep 2011 90 99 0 100

FY 2012 Overall: 90%

Oct 2011 93 Nov 2011 97 Dec 2011 97 Jan 2012 87 Feb 2012 98 Mar 2012 97 Apr 2012 66 May 2012 75 Jun 2012 92 Jul 2012 94 Aug 2012 91 Sep 2012 93 0 100

FY 2013 YTD: 97%

Oct 2012 98 Nov 2012 100 Dec 2012 94 Jan 2013 N/A Feb 2013 N/A Mar 2013 N/A Apr 2013 N/A May 2013 N/A Jun 2013 N/A Jul 2013 N/A Aug 2013 N/A Sep 2013 N/A Sub Percentage of documents eligible for digital signatures which were published in the Federal Register (FR) with digital signatures within the month Number column 0

FY 2010 Total: 608

Oct 2009 33 Nov 2009 38 Dec 2009 35 Jan 2010 42 Feb 2010 33 Mar 2010 71 Apr 2010 72 May 2010 52 Jun 2010 57 Jul 2010 43 Aug 2010 63 Sep 2010 69 0 150

FY 2011 Total: 791

Oct 2010 56 Nov 2010 52 Dec 2010 68 Jan 2011 53 Feb 2011 49 Mar 2011 86 Apr 2011 62 May 2011 48 Jun 2011 71 Jul 2011 84 Aug 2011 87 Sep 2011 75

FY 2012 Total: 667

Oct 2011 52 Nov 2011 63 Dec 2011 69 Jan 2012 33 Feb 2012 82 Mar 2012 71 Apr 2012 39 May 2012 52 Jun 2012 55 Jul 2012 51 Aug 2012 58 Sep 2012 42

FY 2013 YTD: 316

Oct 2012 43 Nov 2012 46 Dec 2012 46 Jan 2013 N/A Feb 2013 N/A Mar 2013 N/A Apr 2013 N/A May 2013 N/A Jun 2013 N/A Jul 2013 N/A Aug 2013 N/A Sep 2013 N/A Sub Percentage of documents eligible for digital signatures which were published in the Federal Register (FR) with digital signatures within the month Number column 0

FY 2010 Total: 767

Oct 2009 79 Nov 2009 64 Dec 2009 45 Jan 2010 51 Feb 2010 45 Mar 2010 80 Apr 2010 86 May 2010 52 Jun 2010 74 Jul 2010 44 Aug 2010 70 Sep 2010 77 0

FY 2011 Total: 863

Oct 2010 57 Nov 2010 59 Dec 2010 87 Jan 2011 56 Feb 2011 49 Mar 2011 100 Apr 2011 69 May 2011 56 Jun 2011 79 Jul 2011 85 Aug 2011 90 Sep 2011 76

FY 2012 Total: 738

Oct 2011 56 Nov 2011 65 Dec 2011 71 Jan 2012 38 Feb 2012 84 Mar 2012 73 Apr 2012 59 May 2012 69 Jun 2012 60 Jul 2012 54 Aug 2012 64 Sep 2012 45

FY 2013 YTD: 326

Oct 2012 44 Nov 2012 46 Dec 2012 49 Jan 2013 N/A Feb 2013 N/A Mar 2013 N/A Apr 2013 N/A May 2013 N/A Jun 2013 N/A Jul 2013 N/A Aug 2013 N/A Sep 2013 N/A Main Number column 0

FY 2010 Total: 776

Oct 2009 79 Nov 2009 64 Dec 2009 45 Jan 2010 51 Feb 2010 45 Mar 2010 82 Apr 2010 88 May 2010 53 Jun 2010 75 Jul 2010 45 Aug 2010 71 Sep 2010 78 0 150

FY 2011 YTD: 871

Oct 2010 57 Nov 2010 60 Dec 2010 88 Jan 2011 56 Feb 2011 49 Mar 2011 100 Apr 2011 72 May 2011 57 Jun 2011 80 Jul 2011 85 Aug 2011 90 Sep 2011 77

FY 2012 Total: 747

Oct 2011 59 Nov 2011 66 Dec 2011 72 Jan 2012 38 Feb 2012 84 Mar 2012 73 Apr 2012 59 May 2012 69 Jun 2012 60 Jul 2012 54 Aug 2012 67 Sep 2012 46 0 100

FY 2013 YTD: 326

Oct 2012 44 Nov 2012 46 Dec 2012 49 Jan 2013 N/A Feb 2013 N/A Mar 2013 N/A Apr 2013 N/A May 2013 N/A Jun 2013 N/A Jul 2013 N/A Aug 2013 N/A Sep 2013 N/A http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/Transparency/track/ucm206211.htm FDA-TRACK OC Administrative Offices Dashboard ਍††਍਍਍਍਍਍਍