Process

ACUS should discourage the submission of mass comments in the notice and comment rulemaking process.

Agencies can welcome public participation while discouraging the submission of mass comments.

Mass comments policy should consider agencies’ roles as apolitical policymakers.

Experts consider the value of mass comment campaigns during notice-and-comment rulemaking.

Scholar argues that recent Supreme Court decisions create a new vision of agency accountability to the public.

Scholars explain how courts have interpreted the Administrative Procedure Act to overlook racial discrimination.

Scholar brings the focus of administrative law to the level of municipal government.

Courts should not rely on the number of public comments to assess the legality of regulations.

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

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

Periodic reviews of regulations can promote learning and improve policy.

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