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After two years of extensive deliberations and public input, ACUS recently released substantial revisions to its Model Adjudication Rules (MARs).
ACUS initiatives promote efficiency, participation, and fairness in the administration of federal programs, and this winter, we’ve been busy revising and publishing several of our sourcebooks on administrative procedure.
Administrative Conference of the United States
December 8, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Office of the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States has released its report to the Social Security Administration on Evaluating Subjective Symptoms in Disability Claims. The report and appendices can be found on the project page, at acus.gov/symptom-evaluation. Executive Director Matthew Lee Wiener and Attorney Advisor Stephanie Tat
The Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) was established by statute in 1964 as a means of bringing together the best thinking from the public and private sectors to find ways to improve the functioning of federal agency programs. A full-time staff, currently only 15 people, works with a membership of approximately 100 senior government officials, academics, attorneys, and other experts, to research issues of administrative pr
| Name | Organization | Title |
|---|---|---|
| David J. Apol | Office of Government Ethics | Acting Director |
| Gregory R. Baker | Federal Election Commission | Deputy General Counsel for Administration |
| Eric S. Benderson | Small Business Administration | Associate General Counsel for Litigation and Claims |
| Paige Bullard | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | Managing Attorney |
| Brian Callanan | Department of the Treasury | Deputy General Council |
| Daniel Cohen | Department of Energy | Assistant General Counsel for Legislation, Regulation and Energy Efficiency |
| Peter Constantine | Department of Labor | Associate Solicitor for Legal Counsel |
| Anika Cooper | Surface Transportation Board | Attorney, Office of General Counsel |
| Peter Davidson | Department of Commerce | General Counsel |
| Elizabeth Dickinson | Food and Drug Administration | Chief Counsel |
| Robert Girouard | Office of Personnel Management | Senior Counsel in the Office of General Counsel |
| Richard J. Hipolit | Department of Veterans Affairs | Deputy General Counsel for Legal Policy |
| Janice Hoffman | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | Associate General Counsel, |
| Robert Keith | Department of Health and Human Services | Associate General Counsel for the Children, Families and Aging Division |
| Chris Kirkpatrick | Commodity Futures Trading Commission | Corporate Secretary |
| Paul Koffsky | Department of Defense | Performing the Duties of the DoD General Counsel |
| Alice Kottmyer | Department of State | Attorney Advisor for the Office of Management |
| Clara E. Kuehn | International Trade Commission | Attorney Advisor |
| Juliette Lillie | Department of the Interior | Director – Office of the Executive Secretariat and Regulatory Affairs |
| Hilary Malawer | Department of Education | Deputy General Counsel |
| Nadine Mancini | Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission | General Counsel |
| Christina E. McDonald | Department of Homeland Security | Associate General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs |
| Mary McLeod | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | General Counsel |
| James Owens | Department of Transportation | Deputy General Counsel |
| William G. Perry | Occupational Safety and Health Administration | Director, Directorate of Standards and Guidance |
| Alfred M. Pollard | Federal Housing Finance Agency | General Counsel |
| Patricia Pollitzer | Consumer Product Safety Commission | Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of General |
| Connor Raso | Securities and Exchange Commission | Senior Counsel |
| Carrie F. Ricci | Department of Agriculture | Associate General Counsel for Marketing, Regulatory, and Food Safety Programs |
| Mark Robbins | Merit Systems Protection Board | Board Member |
| Roxanne Rothschild | National Labor Relations Board | Executive Secretary |
| Jessica Salmoiraghi | General Services Administration | Associate Administrator of the Office of Government-wide Policy |
| Kelly Salzmann | Social Security Administration | Executive Director, Office of Appellate Operations |
| Jay R. Schwarz | Federal Reserve Board | Senior Counsel |
| Alina Semo | National Archives and Records Administration | OGIS Director |
| Carol Ann Siciliano | Environmental Protection Agency | Associate General Counsel |
| Kevin M. Simpson | Department of Housing and Urban Development | Principal Deputy General Counsel |
| Stephanie J Tatham | Office of Management and Budget | Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs |
| David Trissell | Postal Regulatory Commission | General Counsel |
| Beth Williams | Department of Justice | Assistant Attorney General |
| Tyler Wood | Federal Maritime Commission | General Counsel |
| Kenny A. Wright | Federal Trade Commission | Legal Counsel |
| Charles Yi | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | General Counsel |
| Chin Yoo | Federal Communications Commission | Deputy Associate General Counsel |
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