The APA celebrates its 75th birthday on June 11, and ACUS is celebrating with a series of essays running all this week. Head over to the ACUS blog, Administrative Fix, to join the party!* Cribbing from ACUS, the essays will include the following: ACUS General Counsel Shawne McGibbon introduces the series in The APA at 75: The APA-ACUS […]
The Administrative Conference of the United States will hold its 74th Plenary Session on Thursday, June 17th from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. The event will be held virtually. Up on deck for the Assembly‘s consideration are five proposed recommendations. Information and documents for all five projects are available below. Members of the public can […]
In case you missed it, May was Public Service Recognition Month here at Notice & Comment. We published tributes to an amazing group of public servants: A Tribute to Judge H. Alexander Manuel, by Patricia B. Miles The Example of Ingrid Schroffner: Any Exemplary Government Lawyer, Advocate for Diversity, and Mentor, by Renée M. Landers […]
Sound public administration requires principled, trustworthy, dedicated, creative public servants. We’ve profiled a handful of these wonderful, essential people over the course of the last month. But our celebration of public service would be incomplete without a tribute to Carol Ann Siciliano. Carol Ann is a gifted lawyer and writer with a generous spirit, an […]
*This is the fifth post in a series on Cass Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule’s new book Law and Leviathan: Redeeming the Administrative State. For other posts in this series, click here. In their book, Law and Leviathan, Cass Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule seek to “recover and renew the force” of a collection of natural or […]
The Administrative Conference of the United States is taking applications for multiple Attorney Advisor positions, with a deadline of April 30. The agency is seeking candidates with a year or more of legal experience. If you’re in a term-limited position such as a clerkship or fellowship, you should still apply! Your application is invited even […]
Spring committee meetings are underway at Administrative Conference of the United States! The new slate includes five projects targeted for completion at the 74th Plenary Session, which is scheduled to be held on June 17, 2021. All meetings this spring will be held virtually, including the Plenary. Project descriptions, meeting details and links are all […]
At its 73rd Plenary Session in December 2020, the ACUS Assembly adopted six new recommendations and one statement. These are all on public inspection today and set to be published in the Federal Register tomorrow. From the notice: Recommendation 2020-1, Rules on Rulemakings. This recommendation encourages agencies to consider issuing rules governing their rulemaking procedures. […]
As I noted in my last update, the Administrative Conference is set to host it’s 73rd Plenary Session on Wednesday, December 16 from 10-5 and and Thursday, December 17 from 10-4. The agenda is packed! There are six recommendations and one statement up for debate and adoption. The Federal Register notice advises comments be submitted […]
The Administrative Conference is busy! In this post, I’ll give you the full run-down, which includes a request for proposals for a new project, recently announced Plenary dates, upcoming committee meetings, and details on the seven (7!) projects slated for completion this fall. First, ACUS has issued Request for Proposals from persons interested in serving […]
The Administrative Conference of the United States is maintaining a collection of resources related to how federal agencies are managing adjudication caseloads under the extraordinary conditions created by the pandemic. The collection includes resources for agencies such as ACUS recommendations, ACUS-commissioned reports and handbooks, and similar non-ACUS materials. It also offers an extensive list of […]
The Administrative Conference has announced that it is delaying consideration of the slate of projects that were set for this spring, including by delaying the plenary session that was scheduled for June. This decision is prudent, if not surprising. How long the postponement will last has not yet been decided, but whenever new dates are […]
The Administrative Conference of the United States has announced it’s hiring an attorney advisor. This is great opportunity, particularly for someone interested in a career working in the federal government or in academia. I can attest to this, having worked at ACUS for five years before entering academia. If you love administrative law–or are open […]
I’ve been remiss in updating you, dear reader, on what was a very productive ACUS Plenary session in December 2019. The Assembly adopted five new recommendations, on a host of timely subjects. From ACUS’s promptly published Federal Register notice: Recommendation 2019-5, Agency Economists, addresses the placement of economists within rule-writing agencies (e.g., centralized versus dispersed throughout the agency) […]
Like the rest of the world, the Administrative Conference of the United States has been thrown off its usual schedule by the pandemic. But this month, the agency springs back into action with a block of online committee meetings on a new recommendation project, as well as two virtual symposia. I anticipate that there will […]