News from ACUS (February 2026)

This monthly newsletter provides a roundup of recent, ongoing, and upcoming initiatives from the Administrative Conference of the United States.

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Four New Recommendations

At the 84th Plenary Session, the Assembly adopted four new recommendations to improve the efficiency, adequacy, and fairness of rulemaking, adjudication, and other administrative processes.

• Recommendation 2026-1, Obtaining Government Records for Use in Agency Proceedings
• Recommendation 2026-2, Temporary Rules
• Recommendation 2026-3, Organization, Management, and Operation of Agency Adjudication Offices
• Recommendation 2026-4, Federal Agency Collaboration with State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Governments

ACUS Legislative Updates

The Office of the Chairman continues to develop and send out weekly updates on congressional activity related to administrative procedure. This newsletter summarizes actions related to agency operations, regulatory and adjudicative procedure, and judicial review of agency action, such as committee meetings, proposed legislation, markups, and passed laws.

You can subscribe to the Legislative Updates newsletter here. The Office of the Chairman also posts these updates to a dedicated webpage where users can access archived updates from previous congresses.

Please contact Adam Cline ([email protected]) for any questions or comments related to Legislative Updates.