ACUS receives bipartisan support in Congress

At the July 14 meeting of the House Judiciary Committee, lawmakers agreed that the Administrative Conference saves taxpayer money and increases government efficiency in their respective statements: “The principal way the Conference has proven itself to be a cost-saving bargain … Read more

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Conference passes eRulemaking Recommendation at 54th Plenary

The full Conference of the Administrative Conference of the United States today passed an eRulemaking Recommendation with amendments. Among other issues, the recommendation, “Legal Considerations in e-Rulemaking,” provides guidance to agencies on a variety of legal issues associated with eRulemaking, to include … Read more

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Proposed Recommendation regarding Government Contractor Ethics to be discussed at Plenary Session

More and more of the federal government’s work is now being done by federal contractors, rather than by federal employees, but contractors’ employees are subject to much less ethics regulation than government employees.  This recommendation suggests that the FAR Council … Read more

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Committee meets to discuss Government Contractor Ethics

The Committee on Administration & Management is holding its fourth meeting on the Government Contractor Ethics Project today from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Administrative Conference’s Washington, DC office (1120 20th Street, NW; Suite 706 South). At the meeting, … Read more

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Happy Anniversary

Swearing-in Ceremony with the Vice President and the Chairman Paul R. Verkuil, the tenth Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States, was sworn in by Vice President Biden on April 6, 2010. Today marks the one-year anniversary of … Read more

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Notice of Public Meetings

The Administrative Conference today published notification of public meetings in the Federal Register. Each committee will consider a research report and will prepare recommendations on the subject of the report for consideration by the full Conference.  The following committee meetings have … Read more

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Promoting Innovation and Collaboration in Government with Google Apps

I am pleased to announce the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) has implemented Google Apps for Government.  To build a 21st century agency, we need 21st century technology. To that end, ACUS has recently developed a new website designed … Read more

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Get your Administrative Fix

Thanks to everyone who participated in selecting our new blog name. We received suggestions from blog commenters, friends at GovLoop, the ACUS All Access Newsletter, emails, Administrative Conference Members, staff and colleagues, and the ACUS Idea Scale Community. The goal … Read more

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