Administrative Conference of the United States

07/23/2024

ACUS will be hosting a four panel forum: Recent Administrative Law Developments in the Supreme Court: What's Next for Agencies, starting Tuesday June 30. More info here: https://buff.ly/4d8EDpd Register here: https://buff.ly/46hGiGP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact:    Harry M. SeidmanPhone:        202. 480. 2085Email:        [email protected] ACUS Announces Upcoming Public Forum on the Significance of Recent Supreme Court Decisions for Federal Agencies Washington, D.C., July 22, 2024 – The Administrative Conferenc...

07/23/2024

Thousands of people each year contact their representatives in Congress for help accessing federal programs or navigating federal agency processes. To help constituents, elected representatives and their staff often submit requests to federal agencies. At its 80th Plenary Session in June, ACUS identified best practices to help agencies respond to congressional requests in an accurate, efficient, transparent, and timely manner.

Read Recommendation 2024-4 Agency Management of Congressional Constituent Service Inquiries here: https://buff.ly/3YeUTAZ

07/22/2024

Recommendation 2024-3, Senate-Confirmed Officials and Administrative Adjudication

Federal agencies adjudicate millions of cases each year. Most are decided by career civil servants, such as administrative law judges. But agency heads and other Senate-confirmed officials also adjudicate cases and play an important role directing and supervising agency adjudication. At its 80th Plenary Session in June, ACUS identified best practices for structuring adjudication by Senate-confirmed officials and developing and communicating related policies.

Read the recommendation here: https://buff.ly/4f9ZABV

07/19/2024

A new episode of Between the Lines With ACUS is posted on our website. If you haven’t heard the monthly radio show hosted by ACUS Chair Andrew Fois, now’s your chance to check it out. This episode covers recent Supreme Court administrative law rulings.

ACUS Chair, Andrew Fois, hosts a monthly radio show “Between the Lines” on Federal News Network. The monthly show takes listeners “between the lines” of administrative law and procedure with an in-depth look at projects and initiatives underway at ACUS, and interviews with prominent scholar...

07/19/2024

Recommendation 2024-2, Individualized Guidance

Each year, thousands of people ask federal agencies for advice about how the law applies to them. ACUS addressed agency processes for responding to these requests at its 80th Plenary Session in June, identifying best practices to promote fairness, accuracy, and efficiency.

Learn more about Recommendation 2024-2: https://buff.ly/4daGgmp

07/18/2024

Learn about ACUS Recommendation 2024-1, Choice of Forum for Judicial Review of Agency Rules: https://buff.ly/4cRHfbu

07/02/2024

Listen to the latest Between the Lines with ACUS Chairman and :

https://buff.ly/4brOK7l

06/14/2024

Thanks to all those who attended 81st Plenary yesterday. It was a very productive session as we adopted four recommendations. Here’s a recap:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact:    Harry M. SeidmanPhone:        202. 480. 2085Email:        [email protected] ACUS Adopts Four Recommendations to Improve Efficiency, Fairness, Transparency, and Public Participation in Government Programs Washington, D.C., June 14, 2024 – At its 81st ...

06/13/2024

The is now adjourned. The event resulted in 4Recommendations to to improve various and processes. A copy of today’s event will be available at acus.gov
Thank you for joining us.

About ACUS The Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) is an independent federal agency within the executive branch whose statutory mission is to identify ways to improve the procedures by which federal agencies protect the public interest and determine the rights, privileges, and ob...

06/13/2024

The ACUS Assembly will now discuss Model Rules of Representative Conduct.
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06/13/2024

The ACUS has adopted Recommendation: Agency Management of Congressional Constituent Service Inquiries.

06/13/2024

The ACUS Assembly will now consider Recommendation: Congressional Constituent Service Inquiries
🔗Watch the discussion live here: https://buff.ly/3XndURk

06/13/2024

Thee ACUS Assembly has adopted Recommendation: Senate Confirmed Officials and Administrative Adjudication.

06/13/2024

The ACUS Assembly returns from lunch and is now considering Recommendation Participation of Senate-Confirmed Officials in Administrative Adjudication.
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06/13/2024

The ACUS Assembly will break for lunch until 1:30 p.m. when we return with the more debate and discussion at the .

06/13/2024

The ACUS Assembly has adopted Recommendation: Individualized Guidance.

06/13/2024

The ACUS Assembly is now considering Recommendation: Individualized Guidance. .
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06/13/2024

The ACUS Assembly has adopted Recommendation: Choice of Forum for Judicial Review of Agency Rules.

06/13/2024

The ACUS Assembly is now considering Recommendation: Choice of Forum for Judicial Review of Agency Rules. .
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06/13/2024

The Chair’s report on ACUS is now being presented by Chair Andrew Fois.

06/13/2024

Senior Fellow Eugene Scalia, Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP; Secretary of Labor is now providing remarks at the ACUS .
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06/13/2024

The ACUS has been called to order. Tune in now for Opening Remarks by Chair Andrew Fois. Following remarks by Senior Fellow Eugene Scalia, Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP; Secretary of Labor.
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06/13/2024

The ACUS begins at 9:00 a.m ET today.
Join us as we live-tweet today’s events and discuss Recommendations aimed at improving and processes. 🔗 View the livestream here:

06/12/2024

Today ACUS Releases Report Analyzing How Nationwide Injunctions Affect Federal Regulatory Programs. Read more here:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact:    Harry M. SeidmanPhone:        202. 480. 2085Email:        [email protected] ACUS Releases Report Analyzing How Nationwide Injunctions Affect Federal Regulatory Programs Washington, D.C., June 11, 2024—The Administrative Conference of the United State...

06/11/2024

06/06/2024

Meet public member Chai Feldblum, Vice Chair, AbilityOne Commission, and one of our distinguished featured members joining us at the ACUS 81st Plenary.

🔗 Don’t forget to RSVP here: https://buff.ly/4aJJzPD

06/05/2024

Meet public member David E. Lewis, PhD - Vanderbilt University, one of our distinguished featured members joining us at the ACUS 81st Plenary.

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06/03/2024

Reminder - join us for the ACUS 81st Plenary:

🗓️ June 13, 2024
⏰ 9:00 - 5:00
📍 The George Washington University Law School Jacob Burns Moot Court Room 2000 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20052

Members register here: 🔗 https://buff.ly/3WTJbee

A public link for viewing the proceedings will be posted to the ACUS website before the event.

05/30/2024

Last chance to register for the ACUS Forum on International Regulatory Cooperation. Here’s the link to sign up: https://buff.ly/3Vc5N8o

05/28/2024

Reminder to register for our Forum on International Regulatory Cooperation. The forum is next week and here is the registration link: https://buff.ly/3Vc5N8o