ACUS Announces Report and Database on Fiscal Year 2021 Attorney’s Fee Awards under the Equal Access to Justice Act

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Contact: Harry M. Seidman 
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ACUS Announces Report and Database on Fiscal Year 2021 Attorney’s Fee Awards under the Equal Access to Justice Act 

Washington, D.C., March 31, 2022 – The Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) is pleased to announce the release of a new report and updated online database compiling attorney’s fee awards made in fiscal year 2021 under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA). 

EAJA requires federal agencies to reimburse private litigants for their attorneys’ fees when they prevail against agencies in certain adjudications and federal-court cases. Since March 2019, ACUS has been responsible for reporting the amount of EAJA fees agencies awards to prevailing parties each fiscal year (5 U.S.C. § 504, 28 U.S.C. § 2412). 

With the release of the new report and updated online database, ACUS has carried out its statutory responsibilities for the reporting period covering fiscal year 2021. ACUS is pleased to report that 97 percent of federal agencies complied with their reporting obligations under the new law. 

“ACUS has again ably discharged its obligation to file the annual report and update the online database on awards of attorney’s fees made in fiscal year 2021 under the Equal Access to Justice Act,” said Matthew L. Wiener, ACUS’s Vice Chairman and Executive Director. “This report, like its predecessors, will help Congress to assess accurately the impact and effectiveness of EAJA. ACUS thanks the federal agencies listed in the report for responding to its request for information.”

Learn more about EAJA and ACUS’s statutory responsibilities at www.acus.gov/EAJA. 

About ACUS 

The Administrative Conference of the United States is an independent federal agency dedicated to improving the administrative process through consensus-driven applied research and providing nonpartisan expert advice and recommendations for federal agency procedures. Its membership is composed of senior federal officials, academics, and other experts from the private sector. Except for the Chairman, all Conference Members are unpaid. 

The Conference is committed to promoting effective public participation and efficiency in the rulemaking process by leveraging interactive technologies and encouraging open communication with the public as well as making improvements to the regulatory process by reducing unnecessary litigation, and improving the use of science and the effectiveness of applicable laws. 

Learn more at www.acus.gov. 

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