The Social Security Administration (SSA) engaged the Office of the Chairman to conduct an independent study of federal court review in social security disability insurance and supplemental security income cases. The project consultants:
Reviewed and analyzed the Social Security Act, as well as SSA’s implementing regulations, policies, and practices for adjudicating claims under titles II and XVI.
At the request of the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Office of the Chairman studied state guardianship/conservatorship laws and court practices with an eye toward improved information sharing between SSA and state courts.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) engaged the Office of the Chairman to conduct an independent study reviewing and analyzing SSA’s laws, regulations, policies, and practices concerning evaluation of claimants’ symptoms in the adjudication of social security disability claims. The Office of the Chairman prepared a report advising SSA on how to best articulate the scope of symptom evaluation in its adjudication process, so as to imp
At its 2016 Midyear Meeting, the ABA's House of Delegates approved Resolution 106B. The resolution proposes various reforms to the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, many of which embrace principles endorsed in past ACUS recommendations. This project reviewed the resolution and served as an opportunity for the Conference to offer comments, where appropriate.
The Administrative Conference of the United States initiated a pilot program in 2018 under which its staff would transmit to Congress federal judicial and agency adjudicative decisions that identify technical problems of consequence in statutes affecting administrative procedure. Its purpose was primarily to provide legislative drafters with the information they need to ensure future statutes adequately reflect Congress’s intent, and only
NOTE: ACUS has migrated the Tables of Executive Order Requirements to the Federal Administrative Procedure Sourcebook. Click here for the most up-to-date table.
Recommendation 2015-2 – Technical Assistance by Federal Agencies in the Legislative Process offers best practices for agencies when providing Congress with technical drafting assistance.
Recommendation 2021-8, Technical Reform of the Congressional Review Act – offers technical reforms of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to clarify certain of its procedural aspects and reduce administrative burdens on executive-branch agencies and congressional offices.
Recommendation 2011-7 – The Federal Advisory Committee Act – Issues and Proposed Reforms addresses the administrative load imposed by Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and offers proposals to Congress, the General Services Administration, and agencies that use advisory committees, to alleviate certain procedural burdens associated with the existing regime, clarify the scope of the Ac
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission engaged the Administrative Conference of the United States to conduct an independent study evaluating the status and organizational placement of Administrative Judges (AJs) within the Commission’s federal sector hearing program.