Executive Order Monitor

Monitors the Federal Register API for new Executive Orders. Features:

• Real-time monitoring with adaptive polling (1s → 5s → 10s → 30s → 60s)
• Caches seen EOs to avoid duplicates
• Smart backoff on API errors
• Rate limit awareness

Usage

Run using any of these methods:

1. With uvx:

uvx executiveordermonitor

Installation

Requirements:

• Python 3.8+
• requests>=2.32.3

From PyPI:

pip install executiveordermonitor

From source:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/wakamex/executiveordermonitor.git
cd executiveordermonitor

# Create virtual environment
.venv/bin/python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

2. Run as a Python module:

python -m executiveordermonitor

3. Run as an installed script:

executiveordermonitor

The monitor will:

• Start checking every 1 second
• If errors occur, gradually back off to longer intervals (5s → 10s → 30s → 60s)
• Return to faster intervals when API is responsive
• Cache seen EOs in seen_eos.json to avoid duplicate notifications

Each time a new Executive Order is found, it will display:

• Title
• EO Number
• Signing Date
• URL to the full document

License

MIT License. See LICENSE file for details.