Congressional Constituent Service Inquiries
Scholar recommends improvements to agencies’ management of congressional requests on behalf of constituents.
Promoting Consistency and Transparency in Individualized Guidance
New research highlights the unique challenges agencies face when providing individual regulatory guidance.
Participation of Senate-Confirmed Officials in Administrative Adjudication
A new report to ACUS makes recommendations for how Senate-confirmed officials should participate in adjudication.
Choosing the Court to Review Agency Rulemaking
ACUS’s recommendation on judicial review of federal regulations provides much-needed clarity.
Seeking Continuous Improvement to the Administrative Process
ACUS identifies best practices for agency guidance, adjudications, and responses to constituent service requests.
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
ACUS recommends transparency and oversight be provided whenever agencies collect user fees.
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
Scholars propose strategies to lower the procedural hurdles of obtaining benefits.
Moving Administrative Processes Forward, Together
ACUS adopts a series of recommendations to improve agency practices and reduce administrative burdens.
Online Processes in Agency Adjudication
Agencies can improve their adjudicatory processes by broadening access to their electronic case management systems.
Improving Virtual Public Engagement
A new series of recommendations from ACUS will help agencies improve their use of virtual engagement in rulemakings.