Conference Projects

The Conference currently has a variety of projects that are in varying phases of the Project Process.  These projects were derived from the following sources:  the House Judiciary Committee, the American Bar Association, the list of projects on the Conference’s docket when it last operated in 1995, and other sources.  We rated the suggestions based on criteria such as importance, manageability, measurability, and likelihood of success.

The Administrative Conference of the United States is currently seeking proposals by potential consultants.  To learn more, visit our Request For Proposal page.

Upon careful Council consideration, the following projects were selected and are currently underway:

Current Projects

• Congressional Review Act
• Government in the Sunshine Act
• Immigration Adjudication
• Inflation Adjustment for Civil Penalties
• Improving Coordination of Related Agency Responsibilities (Joint Rulemaking)
• Methods of Collaborative Governance
• Midnight Rules
• Model Agency Initiative
• Paperwork Reduction Act
• Review of Regulatory Analysis Requirements
• Science in the Administrative Process
• Social Security Disability Adjudication
• Third-Party Inspections and Certification
• Weeding Out Purposeless Procedural Traps
  > A Procedural Trap: 28 U.S.C. § 1500

Current Meeting Schedule

Completed Projects

The following projects have led to adopted Conference recommendations.

• Agency Innovations in e-Rulemaking
• Federal Advisory Committee Act
• Government Contractor Ethics
• Incorporation by Reference
• International Regulatory Cooperation
• Legal Considerations in e-Rulemaking
• Regulatory Preemption
• Rulemaking Comments
• Video Hearings