Hoo boy. It's an awesome idea, don't get me wrong - and it's work that should
definitely be done. But I've worked professionally in this space and it is
wildly complicated. I've never seen how things are done on the federal side, but US states have various modes of "electronic filing" for rules and codes - and there's a ton of complexity.
It's the kind of thing that sounds insanely boring on the surface, but there's a lot of interesting problems to solve, lots of coordination between various parties, lots of "deep state"[0] politicking - and so it becomes a surprisingly cool area to learn about and work in, and really matters in a way that many software projects do not.
Best of luck - it's a cool problem space.
[0]: I use "deep state" here somewhat ironically, but also just in the literal definitional sense: "people who are not elected but who work for the government and are surprisingly important". 0% intent to use it in the often insulting manner of popular discourse.
It's the kind of thing that sounds insanely boring on the surface, but there's a lot of interesting problems to solve, lots of coordination between various parties, lots of "deep state"[0] politicking - and so it becomes a surprisingly cool area to learn about and work in, and really matters in a way that many software projects do not.
Best of luck - it's a cool problem space.
[0]: I use "deep state" here somewhat ironically, but also just in the literal definitional sense: "people who are not elected but who work for the government and are surprisingly important". 0% intent to use it in the often insulting manner of popular discourse.