Recommendation 2022-4, Precedential Decision Making in Agency Adjudication – identifies best practices on the use of precedential decisions in agency adjudication. It addresses whether agencies should issue precedential decisions and, if so, according to what criteria; what procedures agencies should follow to designate decisions as precedential and overrule previously designated decisions; and how agencies should communicate precedential decisions internally and publicly. It also recommends that agencies codify their procedures for precedential decision making in their rules of practice.
Citation: Admin. Conf. of the U.S., Recommendation 2022-4, Precedential Decision Making in Agency Adjudication, 88 Fed. Reg. 2312 (Jan. 13, 2023).
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