Administrative Conference of the United States 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Assembly of the Administrative Conference of the United States adopted three recommendations at its hybrid (virtual and in- person) Eighty-second Plenary Session: Using Algorithmic Tools in Regulatory Enforcement, Public Engagement in Agency Rulemaking Under the Good Cause Exemption, and Nonlawyer Assistance and Representation in Agency Adjudications.

The Office of the Chair of the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS), through its Working Group on Model Rules of Representative Conduct, has completed and published its Model Rules of Representative Conduct. The rules are intended to help federal agencies amend or develop their rules governing representatives in adjudicative proceedings. The final revised Model Rules of Representative Conduct are available at https://www.acus.gov/research-projects/working-group- model-rules-representative-conduct.

The Office of the Chair of ACUS is requesting public input on representation and other forms of assistance provided by nonlawyers to participants in federal agency adjudication. Responses to this request may inform an ongoing ACUS project, Nonlawyer Assistance and Representation, which, if warranted, may recommend best practices for agencies to use.

The Assembly of the Administrative Conference of the United States adopted four recommendations at its hybrid (virtual and in- person) Eightieth Plenary Session: Best Practices for Adjudication Not Involving an Evidentiary Hearing, Identifying and Reducing Burdens on the Public in Administrative Processes, Improving Timeliness in Agency Adjudication, and User Fees.