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ACUS hosts regular forums, workshops, and symposia that bring together federal agency officials, members of Congress and their staffs, judges, academics, and the public.

Many such events lay the groundwork for new projects or facilitate research on existing ones.

Featured Events:

Symposium on Federal Agency Adjudication

Program Sponsors: Administrative Conference of the United States Center for Progressive Reform George Mason University's C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State Panel 1: Appointment and Removal of Federal Agency Adjudicators August 6, 2020 – 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm EDT This panel explored the constitutional issues surrounding the appointment and removal of agency adjudicators and how...

Symposium on Artificial Intelligence in Federal Agencies

Program Sponsors: Administrative Conference of the United States Institute for Technology Law and Policy at Georgetown University Law Center Symposium Series Artificial Intelligence plays an increasingly important role in the administration of federal programs. Through four virtual panels this summer, ACUS and ITLP will explore current and future agency uses of AI and their interplay with administrative and...

Forum: Nationwide Injunctions and Federal Regulatory Programs

Forum Transcript Forum Press Release Sponsors: Administrative Conference of the United States The George Washington University Law School American Bar Association, Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Program Description: Nationwide injunctions prohibit the federal government from enforcing statutes, executive orders, and regulations against anyone, not just the particular plaintiffs who have challenged...

Mass and Fake Comments in Agency Rulemaking

Transcript Register Agenda 9:00 a.m. Registration 9:30 a.m. Introductory Remarks Matthew L. Wiener, Vice Chairman & Executive Director, Administrative Conference of the United States 9:30 a.m. Keynote Address Dominic J. Mancini, Deputy Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget 10:15 a.m. Panel: Mass Comments in Rulemaking Steven J. Balla, Associate Professor...

Forum on Federal Administrative Adjudication

Agenda 9:00 a.m. Introductory Remarks Matthew L. Wiener, Vice Chairman & Executive Director, Administrative Conference of the United States; Co-Chair, Adjudication Committee, ABA Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Panel I: Adjudication and the Administrative State Richard J. Pierce, Jr., Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law, The George Washington...

Regulatory Capture Workshop

Regulatory Capture Forum: What is regulatory capture? Everyone believes it exists, but no one agrees on what it looks like. This forum brought together leading experts from government, the federal bench, the academy, and the business world to explore the concept in a more rigorous way. Panels discussed how to measure capture in the rulemaking context; whether federal agencies’ allegedly weak enforcement of regulatory crimes is...