ACUS

Agencies can increase fairness by better maintaining their enforcement manuals.

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

Agencies should use ACUS’s recommendation to develop transparent approaches to precedent.

ACUS issues three recommendations to improve agency decision-making and enhance governmental transparency.

Scholars find that reuse of regulatory language has increased over the past 20 years.

Penn Program on Regulation hosts panel discussion on governing a fast-changing world.

Guidance from ACUS seeks to help agencies craft policies guiding their use of contractors in the rulemaking process.

Agencies should take care when using chatbots, virtual assistants, and preset menus to share legal information.

Government agency recommends that other federal agencies follow best practices for automation, notice, and use of private contractors.

Congress should seek to remove procedural obstacles that inhibit statutory access to judicial review.

Agencies need to pursue systematic efforts to provide quality assurance in their adjudicatory processes.

Agencies should craft rules about public access to their adjudicative proceedings.