Administrative Conference of the United States

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name: Administrative Conference of the United States
created: '2024-11-20'
modified: '2026-08-30'
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- Federal-Government
- Regulatory Reform
- Administrative Law
- Government Efficiency
- Open Data
- Policy Research
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- Administrative Law
- Government Efficiency
- Open Data
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description: The Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) is an independent federal agency within the executive
  branch whose statutory mission is to identify ways to improve the procedures by which federal agencies administer regulatory,
  benefit, and other government programs. ACUS issues approximately a dozen recommendations per year to agencies, Congress,
  the President, and the Judicial Conference, aimed at enhancing efficiency and fairness in administrative procedures. The
  agency maintains the Federal Administrative Adjudication Database (with Stanford Law School), the Equal Access to Justice
  Act (EAJA) online database, and various open data resources under the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of
  2018.
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  name: Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) Database
  description: ACUS maintains an online database of Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) awards, tracking awards of attorney's
    fees and other costs against the United States government. ACUS collects and reports this information to Congress annually,
    with data accessible through the ACUS website. The database provides transparency into government litigation costs and
    EAJA awards by agency, fiscal year, and case type.
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  - Administrative Law
  - Open Data
  - Legal
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  name: Federal Administrative Adjudication Database
  description: A joint project between ACUS and Stanford Law School, the Federal Administrative Adjudication Database provides
    comprehensive data on federal agency adjudication processes across the U.S. government. The database tracks administrative
    law judges, adjudicative proceedings, hearing processes, and adjudication statistics across federal agencies to support
    research and policy reform.
  humanURL: https://acus.law.stanford.edu/
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  - Adjudication
  - Open Data
  - Research
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  - type: Database
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  - type: Website
    url: https://www.acus.gov/recommendations
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  name: Federal Administrative Procedure Sourcebook API
  description: The Federal Administrative Procedure Sourcebook is ACUS's reference wiki covering the core statutes of U.S.
    federal administrative procedure — the Administrative Procedure Act, FOIA, the Privacy Act, the Government in the Sunshine
    Act, FACA, the Negotiated Rulemaking Act, the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Equal Access
    to Justice Act and more. It runs on MediaWiki 1.43.0 and exposes both the MediaWiki Action API at /api.php and the MediaWiki
    REST API v1 at /rest.php/v1. Both answer anonymously with no API key, account or quota. This is the only programmatically
    callable interface ACUS operates. Note that every acus.gov host returns HTTP 403 to non-browser user agents, so a client
    must send a browser-like User-Agent header.
  humanURL: https://sourcebook.acus.gov/wiki/Federal_Administrative_Procedure_Sourcebook
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  - Administrative Procedure Act
  - Legal Reference
  - Open Data
  - Federal-Government
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  - Open Data
  - Federal Government
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- type: Contact
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  - name: Regulatory Reform Recommendations
    description: Issues approximately a dozen formal recommendations per year to federal agencies, Congress, the President,
      and the Judicial Conference aimed at improving the efficiency, fairness, and transparency of administrative procedures
      and regulatory programs.
  - name: Federal Administrative Adjudication Database
    description: Joint project with Stanford Law School providing comprehensive data on federal agency adjudication processes,
      administrative law judges, and hearing statistics across all federal agencies.
  - name: Equal Access To Justice Act (EAJA) Reporting
    description: Annual reporting to Congress on awards of attorney's fees and costs against the United States under EAJA,
      with an online database of all EAJA awards accessible to the public.
  - name: Sourcebook Of US Executive Agencies
    description: Comprehensive reference resource documenting the structure, authority, and programs of all U.S. executive
      agencies, updated periodically to reflect organizational changes.
  - name: Administrative Law Research And Publications
    description: ACUS consultants and staff prepare research reports, model rules, and periodic summaries of administrative
      law reform bills on topics related to administrative procedure and government efficiency.
  - name: Open Government Data Initiative
    description: ACUS maintains open data resources and has designated a Chief Data Officer in compliance with the Foundations
      for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018.
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  - name: Administrative Law Research
    description: Legal researchers, law schools, and practitioners can access ACUS recommendations, reports, and the adjudication
      database to study trends in federal administrative law and regulatory practice.
  - name: Regulatory Process Benchmarking
    description: Federal agencies can use ACUS recommendations and research to benchmark their regulatory and adjudicative
      procedures against best practices and ACUS-recommended reforms.
  - name: EAJA Litigation Cost Analysis
    description: Researchers and policymakers can use the EAJA database to analyze government litigation costs, identify agencies
      with high fee award rates, and evaluate the effectiveness of EAJA in providing access to justice.
  - name: Rulemaking Process Reform
    description: Congressional staff and agency officials can draw on ACUS reports and model rules for guidance on improving
      rulemaking procedures, notice-and-comment processes, and public participation.
  - name: Government Efficiency Analysis
    description: Public interest organizations and policy researchers can use ACUS data and publications to analyze opportunities
      for improving government administrative processes and reducing regulatory burdens.
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