The United States government has published new sanctions regulations related to Nicaragua, limiting automated access to certain federal websites due to aggressive scraping activities.

US · 2026-09-11

1. Step 1 · The triggerUS government publishes new Nicaragua sanctions regulations and restricts automated access to FederalRegister.gov and eCFR.gov due to scraping.
2. Step 2 · Knock-onAutomated legal-monitoring tools used by US SMEs experience degraded access, causing delays and gaps in regulatory update feeds.
3. Step 3 · Reaches youUS SMEs relying on these feeds face increased compliance risk and must add manual checks or alternative workflows to avoid missing sanctions changes.

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Source: Federal Register (Treasury)

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