Hide tags
For the project report click here: https://www.acus.gov/report/project-report-recommendation-82-2
Federal grants to governments, public service institutions and other non-profit organizations have been conspicuous instruments of federal policy since the 1930s. During the past two decades the growth in...
For the project report click here: https://www.acus.gov/report/project-report-recommendation-85-5
Negotiations among persons representing diverse interests have proven to be effective in some cases in developing proposals for agency rules. In 1982, the Administrative Conference of the United States...
For the project report click here: https://www.acus.gov/report/project-report-recommendation-82-4
The complexity of government regulation has increased greatly compared to that which existed when the Administrative Procedure Act was enacted, and this complexity has been accompanied by a formalization...
For the project report click here: https://www.acus.gov/report/project-report-recommendation-86-3
Federal agencies now decide hundreds of thousands of cases annually—far more than do federal courts. The formality, costs and delays incurred in administrative proceedings have steadily increased, and in...
For the project report click here: https://www.acus.gov/report/project-report-recommendation-86-8
The Administrative Conference has repeatedly encouraged agencies to take advantage of mediation, negotiation, minitrials, binding arbitration and other alternative means of dispute resolution (“ADR”)....
For the project report click here: https://www.acus.gov/report/project-report-recommendation-87-11
Government procurement is a major component of federal spending. It now comprises an important part of the nation’s economy. The recent expansion of government contracting has been matched, perhaps...
For the project report click here: https://www.acus.gov/report/project-report-recommendation-87-5
The Administrative Conference has recommended that agencies employ alternative means of dispute resolution (ADR) in Federal programs.1 ADR techniques for rulemaking include...
For the project report click here: https://www.acus.gov/report/project-report-recommendation-95-6
The Administrative Dispute Resolution Act (ADRA) accords a substantial measure of confidentiality to oral or written communications made in a covered dispute resolution proceeding. This protection was...
For the project report click here: https://www.acus.gov/report/project-report-recommendation-95-7
Despite the efforts of the agencies charged with enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), there are substantial backlogs of cases at the investigation stage at many agencies, creating unusually...
For the project report click here: https://www.acus.gov/report/project-report-recommendation-91-7
The Farmers Home Administration (“FmHA”) is charged with serving as a temporary source of supervised credit and technical support to help rural Americans improve their farming enterprises, housing...
