Improving Transparency and Administrative Accountability
ACUS issues recommendations to improve administrative governance.
Managing Mass Comment “Supply” by Reducing “Demand”
Alternative agency outreach methods can garner useful feedback and reduce pressure on the notice and comment process.
Mass Comments Should Be Discouraged
ACUS should discourage the submission of mass comments in the notice and comment rulemaking process.
Preventing Mass Comment Wars
Agencies can welcome public participation while discouraging the submission of mass comments.
Mass Comments and the Revival of Apolitical Expertise
Mass comments policy should consider agencies’ roles as apolitical policymakers.
Mass Comments in Administrative Rulemaking
Experts consider the value of mass comment campaigns during notice-and-comment rulemaking.
Virtual Hearings in Agency Adjudication
ACUS assesses the changing landscape of how agencies use new technologies to hold hearings.
Increasing Early, Transparent Consideration of Regulatory Alternatives
Agencies can do more to disclose input on regulatory alternatives during notice-and-comment processes.
Pursuing Periodic Review of Agency Regulation
Periodic reviews of regulations can promote learning and improve policy.
Improving the Management of Public Comments in a Digital Age
ACUS recommends best practices for how agencies manage mass, computer-generated, and falsely attributed public comments.
Improving Participation, Impact, and Fairness in the Administrative State
ACUS issues new recommendations to enhance administrative governance.
Acting Officials and Delegated Authority
Agencies should promote transparency about vacant and acting positions by making information publicly available.