FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:    Harry M. Seidman
Phone:        202. 480. 2085
Email:        hseidman@acus.gov

President Biden Appoints New Member to the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States

Washington, D.C., September 10, 2024 – The White House announced the President's intention to appoint Mr. Damon Y. Smith to the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS). Mr. Smith currently serves as the General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).   

ACUS Chair Andrew Fois extended a warm welcome to the new Council member stating “I am thrilled that the President has appointed such an accomplished attorney like Damon Smith to the Council of the Administrative Conference.  Everyone here looks forward to working with him.”

About ACUS

The Administrative Conference of the United States is an independent, non-partisan federal agency within the executive branch dedicated to improving administrative law and federal regulatory processes. It conducts applied research, and provides expert recommendations and other advice, to improve federal agency procedures. Its membership is composed of senior federal officials, academics, and other experts from the private sector. Since 1968, ACUS has issued hundreds of recommendations, published reports and reference guides, and organized forums to improve the efficiency, adequacy, and fairness of administrative processes such as rulemaking and adjudication. Many have resulted in reforms by federal agencies, the President, Congress, and the Judicial Conference of the United States. Learn more at www.acus.gov.

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