Recommendation 2021-10, Quality Assurance Systems in Agency Adjudication – identifies best practices for promoting fairness, accuracy, timeliness, and consistency in agency adjudications through the use of quality assurance systems. It provides guidance to agencies on the selection, role, and institutional placement of quality-assurance personnel. It also identifies specific considerations for the timing of and process for quality-assurance review; outlines different methodologies for identifying and correcting quality issues; and addresses how agencies might use electronic case management, data analytics, and artificial intelligence for quality-assurance purposes.
Citation: Admin. Conf. of the U.S., Recommendation 2021-10, Quality Assurance Systems in Agency Adjudication, 87 Fed. Reg. 1722 (Jan. 12, 2022).
This Recommendation provides guidance for agencies in developing and implementing quality assurance (QA) systems to proactively identify problems in case adjudication, including misapplied legal standards, inconsistent applications of the law by different adjudicators, procedural violations, and systemic barriers to participation in adjudicatory proceedings. Identifying and correcting such problems promotes...
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