The Administrative Conference has repeatedly encouraged agencies to take advantage of mediation, negotiation, minitrials, binding arbitration and other alternative means of dispute resolution (“ADR”).1 While some agencies have begun to employ these methods to reduce...
Dispute Resolution (Recommendations)
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- Recommendation number: 86-8
- Adopted on: December 4, 1986
- Tags: Arbitration, Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Neutrals
- Recommendation number: 87-11
- Adopted on: December 18, 1987
- Tags: Congress, Contract Disputes, Dispute Resolution, Government Contracts, Mediation, Procurement
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- Recommendation number: 87-5
- Adopted on: June 12, 1987
- Tags: Arbitration, Congress, Dispute Resolution, Mediation
The Administrative Conference has recommended that agencies employ alternative means of dispute resolution (ADR) in Federal programs.1 ADR techniques for rulemaking include structured negotiation and mediation; for adjudication, they also include arbitration, factfinding...
- Recommendation number: 95-6
- Adopted on: January 15, 1995
- Tags: Congress, Dispute Resolution, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
The Administrative Dispute Resolution Act (ADRA) accords a substantial measure of confidentiality to oral or written communications made in a covered dispute resolution proceeding. This protection was based upon Administrative Conference Recommendation 88-11, which recognized that in promoting the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in...
- Recommendation number: 95-7
- Adopted on: January 16, 1995
- Tags: Dispute Resolution, Enforcement, Mediation
Despite the efforts of the agencies charged with enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), there are substantial backlogs of cases at the investigation stage at many agencies, creating unusually lengthy delays in enforcement. Because of enforcement delays, many individuals are not obtaining needed relief in a timely manner and respondents are not...
- Recommendation number: 91-7
- Adopted on: December 12, 1991
- Tags: Agriculture Credit Act, Dispute Resolution, Disputes, Farm Credit Program, Farm Debt, Mediation
The Farmers Home Administration (“FmHA”) is charged with serving as a temporary source of supervised credit and technical support to help rural Americans improve their farming enterprises, housing conditions, and other business endeavors until they are able to qualify for private sector resources. During the 1980s, an economic downtown seriously...