The Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) has issued dozens of recommendations pertaining to agencies’ proactive disclosure—or disclosure without having received a request—of administrative materials.
Ongoing projects
This project studies several issues identified but not addressed in Recommendation 2021-5, Clarifying Statutory Access to Judicial Review of Agency Action. First, it considers various questions related to the event that begins the period during which a litigant can challenge an agency action in federal court. Seco
This project will study how agencies are using or might use algorithmic tools—including AI and predictive analytics—to detect, investigate, and prosecute current and potential noncompliance with the laws they administer.
President Biden reconvened the White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable (LAIR) on May 18, 2021, naming ACUS as one of its members.
The Working Group on Model Materials for Alternative Dispute Resolution is co-led by ACUS and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The Working Group brings together federal agency officials to develop model agreements, standards, position descriptions, training and educational resources, and other materials that agencies can adapt as needed for use in their own alternative dispute resolution programs.
In Recommendation 2021-9, Regulation of Representatives in Agency Adjudicative Proceedings, the Administrative Conference of the United States recommended that the ACUS Office of the Chairman “consider promulgating model rules of conduct” consistent with the Recommendation and, in doing so, “seek the input of a divers