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Article: Administrative Conference of the United States
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- West's Encyclopedia of American Law
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ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES
Created in 1968, the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) was a federal independent agency and advisory committee chartered for the purpose of ensuring the fair and efficient administration of various federal agencies. The ACUS studied administrative processes and recommended improvements in the procedures by which federal agencies administered regulatory, benefit, and other government programs. It had no power to enact its recommendations into law, or to enforce them once they were enacted, but it did carry great weight in the formulation of procedures and policies of federal administrative agencies.
The ACUS consisted of ...