Analyzing Regulatory Diffusion
Scholars find that reuse of regulatory language has increased over the past 20 years.
The Adjudicatory Capacity to Make Decisions
Scholar suggests that increasing the number of support staff would improve the accuracy of administrative adjudication.
Improving Participation, Impact, and Fairness in the Administrative State
ACUS issues new recommendations to enhance administrative governance.
Regulatory Delivery Lessons From COVID-19 Responses
Amid uncertainty, countries must learn from previous inadequacies in risk-based regulation and compliance measures.
Reinvigorating the Paperwork Reduction Act
Improving the management of federal information collection requires help from agencies and the White House.
Valuing Commentary
Commentaries on new book reinforce its author’s call for strengthening the civil service.
Reliance on Contractors is Likely Here to Stay
Policymakers cannot know whether the trend Verkuil identifies is good or bad, but we should find out.
Valuing Bureaucracy Is a Quixotic Project
Verkuil’s proposal for replacing contractors with professional bureaucrats is unlikely to be adopted.
Of “Workarounds” and Bureaucrats
Civil service reformers should consider changes to lengthy, single-agency employee tenures.
Valuing Democratic Governance
Verkuil offers a compelling argument for reshaping the bureaucracy, but the odds of adoption are slim.
The Growing Gap in the Rule of Law
Effective administration of public programs is becoming unmoored from the rule of law.