Administrative Conference of the United States

The Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) is the administrative agency that helps guide federal administrative agencies. The purpose of ACUS is to recommend improvements in the procedures by which federal agencies administer regulatory, benefit, and other government programs. It has no power to enact its recommendations into law, but it does carry great weight in the formulation of procedures and policies of federal administrative agencies.

ACUS is made up of heads of administrative agencies, private lawyers, university professors, various federal officials, and other experts in administrative law and government. These experts collectively conduct continuing studies of selected problems that exist in the procedures of federal administrative agencies. The specific charge of ACUS is to harness the experience and judgment of the administrative agency specialists to improve the fairness and effectiveness of administrative procedures.

See: Administrative Agency; Administrative Law and Procedure.