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It’s Time to Modernize Election Laws

It’s Time to Modernize Election Laws

Scholar argues that federal campaign laws need to be updated to reflect both legal and social changes.

Electronic Case Management Can Improve Adjudication

Electronic Case Management Can Improve Adjudication

Agencies can benefit from using digital technology to manage case files.

Severability in Agency Rulemaking

Severability in Agency Rulemaking

Agencies should include severability clauses in rules to minimize legal uncertainty.

Improving the Efficiency of the Paperwork Reduction Act

Improving the Efficiency of the Paperwork Reduction Act

ACUS collaborated with agency officials to identify inefficiencies in the PRA approval process.

Getting Agencies Back Into the Game

Getting Agencies Back Into the Game

Regulatory reform should reduce rulemaking burdens to promote effective agency action.

General Rules for Agency Adjudications?

General Rules for Agency Adjudications?

Model Adjudication Rules provide agencies with a guide for improving their own procedures.

Improving Agency Procedure

Improving Agency Procedure

Experts highlight new model adjudication rules and recent recommendations to improve governmental processes.

Regulatory Collaboration Is Key to Public Health Success

Regulatory Collaboration Is Key to Public Health Success

Federal health agencies should work together to address public health problems.

Regulation and the Cashless Movement

Regulation and the Cashless Movement

Proposed D.C. legislation highlights debate over businesses that refuse cash payments.

Invoking a Right to Try in Regenerative Medicine

Invoking a Right to Try in Regenerative Medicine

Scholars caution against using the Right to Try Act to skirt regulation for regenerative therapies.

President Trump’s Space Force Is a Recipe for Wasteful Spending

President Trump’s Space Force Is a Recipe for Wasteful Spending

Militarizing space could open the door to an arms race and excess spending.

Sanctuary Outside of Big Cities

Sanctuary Outside of Big Cities

Smaller local jurisdictions are adopting pro-immigration policies at an unprecedented rate.