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  "family": "public-comments",
  "checked": "2026-10-09",
  "scope": "A dated, selected snapshot, not an exhaustive live list. Deadlines can be extended, reopened, or close at a specified time. Always confirm the current official notice.",
  "id": "consumer-decision-transparency-petition",
  "metaTitle": "FTC Consumer Decision Transparency Petition | America.co",
  "title": "FTC consumer decision transparency petition: comment by October 30",
  "description": "Find the FTC consumer-decision transparency petition, its October 30 comment deadline, the official docket, and the difference between a petition and a rule.",
  "documentNumber": "2026-20078",
  "category": "Consumer accountability",
  "noticeUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/30/2026-20078/petition-for-rulemaking-of-malik-tony-singleton",
  "actionUrl": "https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FTC-2026-1453",
  "actionLabel": "Open the FTC petition docket",
  "answer": "The FTC is accepting comments on Malik Tony Singleton’s petition about material consumer decisions, explanations, automated systems, record preservation, and review. The notice lists October 30, 2026. Receiving a petition does not mean the FTC has adopted its requests or started a rulemaking.",
  "facts": [
    {
      "label": "Listed comment deadline",
      "value": "2026-10-30; confirm cutoff at source",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/30/2026-20078/petition-for-rulemaking-of-malik-tony-singleton"
    },
    {
      "label": "Docket or notice identifier",
      "value": "FTC-2026-1453",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/30/2026-20078/petition-for-rulemaking-of-malik-tony-singleton"
    },
    {
      "label": "Agency",
      "value": "Federal Trade Commission",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/30/2026-20078/petition-for-rulemaking-of-malik-tony-singleton"
    },
    {
      "label": "Stage",
      "value": "Receipt of petition; request for comment",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/30/2026-20078/petition-for-rulemaking-of-malik-tony-singleton"
    },
    {
      "label": "File number",
      "value": "R607007",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/30/2026-20078/petition-for-rulemaking-of-malik-tony-singleton"
    }
  ],
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "Comment on the petition, not an invented final rule",
      "paragraphs": [
        "Read the petition and its supporting files in the docket before describing a particular safeguard. The FTC may grant or deny the petition in whole or in part, or find it insufficient to begin rulemaking."
      ],
      "sourceUrls": [
        "https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FTC-2026-1453"
      ]
    },
    {
      "heading": "Build a useful, bounded example",
      "paragraphs": [
        "A useful contribution separates a documented consumer problem from a preferred remedy. Identify the decision, the missing explanation or review, evidence that could be preserved, and an implementation tradeoff. These are research prompts, not an endorsement of the petition."
      ],
      "sourceUrls": [
        "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/30/2026-20078/petition-for-rulemaking-of-malik-tony-singleton"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    "Open the published notice and confirm the current deadline.",
    "Read the petition and supporting material in FTC-2026-1453.",
    "Write an evidence-based comment on its merits, identifying the docket.",
    "Submit only through an authorized official route and keep its receipt."
  ],
  "caution": "The FTC warns against sensitive personal, health, financial, or confidential business information. Your comment can become public. America.co does not submit it or certify compliance.",
  "faq": [
    [
      "Has the FTC adopted the petition?",
      "No adoption is established by this receipt notice. The notice says publication does not determine its disposition."
    ],
    [
      "Where do I send a comment?",
      "Use the FTC-2026-1453 docket and the notice’s instructions, not America.co’s contact form."
    ]
  ],
  "deadline": "2026-10-30",
  "publicationDate": "2026-09-30",
  "docket": "FTC-2026-1453",
  "documentId": "FTC-2026-1453-0001",
  "status": "open-at-check",
  "statusLabel": "Comment window listed open at the 2026-10-09 metadata check; confirm at source before acting",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Published notice and submission instructions",
      "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/30/2026-20078/petition-for-rulemaking-of-malik-tony-singleton",
      "asOf": "2026-10-09"
    },
    {
      "title": "Official Federal Register PDF on GovInfo",
      "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-30/pdf/2026-20078.pdf",
      "asOf": "2026-10-09"
    },
    {
      "title": "Open the FTC petition docket",
      "url": "https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FTC-2026-1453",
      "asOf": "2026-10-09"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "label": "America.co editorial standards",
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