Declaratory Orders

Recommendation 2015-3  Declaratory Orders identifies contexts in which agencies should consider the use of declaratory orders in administrative adjudications. It also highlights best practices relating to the use of declaratory orders, including explaining the agency's procedures for issuing declaratory orders, ensuring adequate opportunities for public participation in the proceedings, responding to petitions for declaratory orders in a timely manner, and making declaratory orders and other dispositions of petitions readily available to the public.

Citation: Admin. Conf. of the U.S., Recommendation 2015-3, Declaratory Orders, 80 Fed. Reg. 78161 (Dec. 16, 2015).

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Declaratory Orders

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2015-3
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October 20, 2015 Committee on Adjudication Agenda Committee on Adjudication Agenda Download October 20, 2015 Committee on Adjudication Agenda
October 1, 2015 Committee on Adjudication Agenda Committee on Adjudication Agenda Download October 1, 2015 Committee on Adjudication Agenda
April 28, 2015 Committee on Adjudication Agenda Committee on Adjudication Agenda Download April 28, 2015 Committee on Adjudication Agenda
Declaratory Orders Committee on Adjudication Recommendation Download Declaratory Orders
Declaratory Orders Proposed Recommendation Committee on Adjudication Recommendation Download Declaratory Orders Proposed Recommendation
Declaratory Orders Recommendation Redline Committee on Adjudication Recommendation Download Declaratory Orders Recommendation Redline
Declaratory Orders Draft Recommendation Committee on Adjudication Recommendation Download Declaratory Orders Draft Recommendation
Declaratory Orders Revised Draft Recommendation Committee on Adjudication Recommendation Download Declaratory Orders Revised Draft Recommendation
Declaratory Orders Draft Recommendation Committee on Adjudication Recommendation Download Declaratory Orders Draft Recommendation
Final Report on Declaratory Orders Committee on Adjudication Report Download Final Report on Declaratory Orders
Declaratory Orders Draft Report Committee on Adjudication Report Download Declaratory Orders Draft Report
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