ACUS is requesting information as part of the ongoing project Frontline Decision Making in the Adjudication of Applications. The project will examine and identify best practices for frontline decision making in the adjudication of applications for benefits, loans, grants, licenses, and the like in which there is a later opportunity for a hearing before a federal agency adjudicator. Among other topics, […]

Last month, the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) held its 84th Plenary Session at which the Assembly adopted four new recommendations: Recommendation 2026-1, Obtaining Government Records for Use in Agency Proceedings, provides agencies with best practices for making government records available for use in agency proceedings in order to promote the fairness, accuracy, consistency, timeliness, […]

84th Plenary Session The Administrative Conference of the U.S. will host its 84th Plenary Session on Wednesday, January 21, 2026. The agenda for the plenary session as well as the four recommendations that will be considered are available at acus.gov/event/84th-plenary-session. Members of the public who wish to observe the virtual session can also view a […]

ACUS is requesting information about intergovernmental partnerships as part of the ongoing project Federal Agency Collaboration with State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Governments. 

ACUS is seeking consultants for six projects directed towards the development of recommendations for 2026-2027.