Agency Transparency

The federal government can and should do a better job of making basic information about high-level officials easily available.

Agencies should promote transparency about vacant and acting positions by making information publicly available.

Federal agency issues recommendations to improve transparency and help better inform administrative government.

ACUS recommends agencies take steps to make their guidance more accessible.

Agencies should work to expand public engagement efforts beyond notice and comment.

Guidance from ACUS could help agencies navigate partnerships with the private sector.

The Administrative Conference of the United States recommends greater transparency about agency procedure.

Implementing ACUS recommendations would enhance access to rulemaking materials.

Scholars analyze ACUS recommendations to improve efficiency, public access, and transparency in agency procedures.

Scholar argues that despite progressive roots, U.S. transparency laws have taken an anti-government focus.

A real EPA transparency rule should be grounded in scientific practices, not constituency interests.

New requirements such as notice-and-comment periods and public hearings should improve transparency.