Many areas of government agency activities are characterized by fragmented and overlapping delegations of power to administrative agencies. Congress often assigns more than one agency the same or similar functions or divides responsibilities among multiple agencies, giving each responsibility for part of a larger whole. Instances of overlap and fragmentation are common. They can be found throughout the administrative state, in...
Improving Coordination of Related Agency Responsibilities
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Committee:
Project Stages:
1. Gather ideas - Completed2. Select ideas - Completed
3. Council approval - Completed
4. Picking a researcher - Completed
5. Committee consideration - Completed
6. Back to the council - Completed
7. Consideration by the full conference - Completed
8. Implementation - Current
Stage:
8. Implementation
Contacts
Committee Chair
Miriam M. Nisbet
Office of Government Information Services Director
Consultant
Jim Rossi
Professor of Law
Vanderbilt University Law School
Recommendation 2012-5 addresses the problem of overlapping and fragmented procedures associated with assigning multiple agencies similar or related functions, or dividing authority among agencies. The recommendation proposes some reforms aimed at improving coordination of agency policymaking, including joint rulemaking, interagency agreements, agency consultation provisions, and tracking and evaluating the effectiveness of coordination initiatives.
Final Recommendation
- Recommendation number: 2012-5
- Adopted on: June 15, 2012
- Committees: Collaborative Governance
Implementation
At its 56th Plenary Session on June 14-15, 2012, the Administrative Conference adopted Recommendation 2012-5, Improving Coordination of Related Agency Responsibility. The recommendation addresses the problem of overlapping and fragmented procedures associated with assigning multiple agencies similar or related functions, or dividing authority among agencies. This recommendation proposes some reforms aimed at improving coordination of agency policymaking, including joint rulemaking, interagency agreements, and agency consultation provisions.
Project Documents
Committee Meetings & Events
56th Plenary Session
June 14, 2012 - 1:00 pm EDT
June 15, 2012 - 9:00 am EDT
Location name:
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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