ACUS

Improving Timeliness in Agency Adjudication

Improving Timeliness in Agency Adjudication

Agencies should investigate the factors affecting adjudication timeliness and subsequently adopt the appropriate ACUS recommendations for improvement.

User Fees Imposed by Federal Agencies

User Fees Imposed by Federal Agencies

ACUS recommends transparency and oversight be provided whenever agencies collect user fees.

ACUS Adopts Recommendations For Best Practices in Informal Adjudication

ACUS Adopts Recommendations For Best Practices in Informal Adjudication

A new recommendation aims to improve fairness of federal administrative adjudication.

Identifying and Reducing Burdens in Administrative Processes

Identifying and Reducing Burdens in Administrative Processes

Scholars propose strategies to lower the procedural hurdles of obtaining benefits.

Moving Administrative Processes Forward, Together

Moving Administrative Processes Forward, Together

ACUS adopts a series of recommendations to improve agency practices and reduce administrative burdens.

Online Processes in Agency Adjudication

Online Processes in Agency Adjudication

Agencies can improve their adjudicatory processes by broadening access to their electronic case management systems.

Improving Virtual Public Engagement

Improving Virtual Public Engagement

A new series of recommendations from ACUS will help agencies improve their use of virtual engagement in rulemakings.

Artificial Intelligence for Retrospective Regulatory Review

Artificial Intelligence for Retrospective Regulatory Review

Artificial intelligence can help agencies review and improve their existing regulations.

Using Technology to Improve Administration

Using Technology to Improve Administration

ACUS issues new recommendations to enhance administrative governance through digital technology.

Affirmatively Disclosing Agency Legal Materials

Affirmatively Disclosing Agency Legal Materials

ACUS takes an important step forward toward improving agency disclosure of legal materials.

Agency Enforcement Manuals

Agency Enforcement Manuals

Agencies can increase fairness by better maintaining their enforcement manuals.

Public Availability of Agency Settlement Agreements

Public Availability of Agency Settlement Agreements

ACUS provides recommendations to promote online disclosure of agency settlements of enforcement actions.