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ACUS Appoints Two New Public Members

Submitted by Harry M. Seidman on March 27, 2019 - 1:59 pm EDT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Harry M. Seidman 202.480.2085hseidman@acus.gov ACUS Appoints Two New Public Members Washington, D.C., March 27, 2019 - The Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) is pleased to announce the...

Congress Assigns ACUS Important Responsibility to Oversee Reporting on Attorney’s Fee Awards in Litigation Against Federal Agencies

Submitted by Harry M. Seidman on March 13, 2019 - 2:32 pm EDT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Harry M. Seidman 202.480.2085hseidman@acus.gov Washington, D.C., March 13, 2019 - Today, the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) announced that it will begin work to carry out its new...

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Future of E-rulemaking Presentation

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Office of the Federal Register Anniversary Speech

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Testimony of Paul R. Verkuil

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Recent Blog Articles

The Prehistory of ACUS, Part 2: The Committee on Administrative Procedure Proposes an Office of Federal Administrative Procedure

Submitted by Jeremy Graboyes on April 18, 2019 - 9:29 am EDT

This post is the second in a nine-part series about the historical antecedents of ACUS. In 1939, as Congress debated the Walter-Logan Bill, President Roosevelt asked Attorney General Frank Murphy to appoint a committee to investigate the “n...

Public Availability of Agency Guidance

Submitted by Todd Phillips on April 15, 2019 - 2:44 pm EDT

Government agencies produce thousands, if not millions, of advisory statements each year. Access to this guidance—expressed in Federal Register notices, website postings, speeches by agency heads, routine communications with individuals, an...

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