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Virtual Hearings in Agency Adjudication

Virtual Hearings in Agency Adjudication

ACUS assesses the changing landscape of how agencies use new technologies to hold hearings.

Increasing Early, Transparent Consideration of Regulatory Alternatives

Increasing Early, Transparent Consideration of Regulatory Alternatives

Agencies can do more to disclose input on regulatory alternatives during notice-and-comment processes.

Pursuing Periodic Review of Agency Regulation

Pursuing Periodic Review of Agency Regulation

Periodic reviews of regulations can promote learning and improve policy.

The Need to Change Jurisdiction Over the U.S. Electric Grid

The Need to Change Jurisdiction Over the U.S. Electric Grid

When state and local voters prohibit clean energy transmission lines, they halt progress on climate change mitigation.

Improving the Management of Public Comments in a Digital Age

Improving the Management of Public Comments in a Digital Age

ACUS recommends best practices for how agencies manage mass, computer-generated, and falsely attributed public comments.

Improving Participation, Impact, and Fairness in the Administrative State

Improving Participation, Impact, and Fairness in the Administrative State

ACUS issues new recommendations to enhance administrative governance.

Climate Progress in Glasgow Depends on Domestic Politics

Climate Progress in Glasgow Depends on Domestic Politics

Despite global summits and accords, the solution to climate change rests with individual countries.

Crisis Standards of Care May Discriminate Against Patients With Disabilities

Crisis Standards of Care May Discriminate Against Patients With Disabilities

COVID-19 has triggered discussions around the discriminatory impacts of crisis standards of care in medicine.

Taking Disability Discrimination Out of the Public Charge Rule

Taking Disability Discrimination Out of the Public Charge Rule

The Biden Administration should avoid discrimination against people with disabilities in the redraft of the public charge immigration rule.

Special Treatment Stigma in Higher Education

Special Treatment Stigma in Higher Education

Existing laws and regulations do little to address the stigma that university students with disabilities experience.

Justice for Parents with Disabilities and Their Children

Justice for Parents with Disabilities and Their Children

The child welfare system disproportionately harms families headed by parents with disabilities.

Federal Agencies Enroll Health Insurers in PrEP School

Federal Agencies Enroll Health Insurers in PrEP School

Recent federal guidance clarifies health care coverage on vital HIV medication.