What should I do if the Federal Register notice page for FAR Part 11 Requirements shows an access-limit or CAPTCHA message?
If the Federal Register notice page for FAR Part 11 Requirements shows an access-limit message, the source text available here does not provide the underlying notice.
What the page is telling you
The Federal Register page says the request was flagged as potentially automated. It also says FederalRegister.gov and eCFR.gov have limited programmatic access to developer APIs because of automated scraping pressure.
For human users, the page asks you to complete a CAPTCHA before requesting access.
What you should do
Use the CAPTCHA shown on the Federal Register page if you are a human user trying to reach the notice.
If you are trying to access the page programmatically, the provided context only confirms that programmatic access has been limited. It does not provide a bypass, an API key process, or a separate contact route for this specific notice.
What is not available from this source view
The underlying FAR Part 11 Requirements notice text is not available in the provided context. Until the Federal Register page loads the notice itself, do not rely on summaries of the notice content from this access-limit page.
Check the Federal Register source again after completing the access step, since the displayed page may change once access is granted.
How can human users request access when FederalRegister.gov flags a request as potentially automated?
When FederalRegister.gov flags a request as potentially automated, the available source text says human users should complete a CAPTCHA before requesting access.
The confirmed access step
The confirmed instruction is straightforward: complete the CAPTCHA shown on the page.
The page describes the flag as related to potentially automated activity. It also says programmatic access to FederalRegister.gov and eCFR.gov developer APIs has been limited because of automated scraping pressure.
If you were looking for the notice text
The Federal Register page shown in the provided context does not display the underlying notice. It displays the access-limit page instead.
That means the notice content itself is not confirmed from this source view. After completing the CAPTCHA, check whether the Federal Register page then shows the actual notice.
If you are using automated access
The provided context does not give a specific programmatic access application process for this page. It only confirms that API access is being limited due to scraping pressure.
Review the live Federal Register page for current access instructions, because this kind of access-control message may change.
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