[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58755-58756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25401]


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ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES


Notice of Public Meeting of the Assembly of the Administrative 
Conference of the United States

AGENCY: Administrative Conference of the United States.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Assembly 
of the Administrative Conference of the United States will hold a 
meeting to consider five proposed recommendations and to conduct other 
business. This meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will take place on Thursday, December 13, 2018, 1:00 
p.m. to 5:15 p.m., and Friday, December 14, 2018, 9:00 a.m. to 11:45 
a.m. The meeting may adjourn early if all business is finished.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the George Washington University 
Law School, Jacob Burns Moot Court Room, 2000 H Street NW, Washington, 
DC 20052.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shawne McGibbon, General Counsel 
(Designated Federal Officer), Administrative Conference of the United 
States, Suite 706 South, 1120 20th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036; 
Telephone 202-480-2080; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Administrative Conference of the United 
States makes recommendations to federal agencies, the President, 
Congress, and the Judicial Conference of the United States regarding 
the improvement of administrative procedures (5 U.S.C. 594). The 
membership of the Conference, when meeting in plenary session, 
constitutes the Assembly of the Conference (5 U.S.C. 595).
    Agenda: The Assembly will consider five proposed recommendations as 
described below:
    Recusal Rules for Administrative Adjudicators. This proposed 
recommendation urges agencies to adopt procedural regulations governing 
the recusal of adjudicators--as distinct from the ethics laws and 
regulations generally applicable to all federal employees--and provides 
guidance on how such regulations should be promulgated and enforced. 
The proposed recommendation expands upon ACUS Recommendation 2016-4, 
Evidentiary Hearings Not Required by the Administrative Procedure Act, 
and revisits parts of the recommendation proposed by the Committee on 
Adjudication entitled Administrative Judges. Unlike these earlier 
recommendations, the proposed recommendation covers both administrative 
law judges (ALJs) and non-ALJ adjudicators.
    Public Availability of Adjudication Rules. This proposed 
recommendation offers best practices to agencies for enhancing the 
accessibility of the procedural rules that govern the adjudications 
they conduct. Among other things, it encourages agencies to make 
procedural rules for adjudications and related guidance documents 
available on their websites and to organize those materials in a way 
that allows both parties appearing before the agencies and members of 
the public to easily access the documents and understand their legal 
significance.
    Regulations.gov and the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS). 
This proposed recommendation offers suggested improvements to 
Regulations.gov, the website that allows the public to comment on many 
federal agencies' rulemaking proposals. It provides recommendations to 
the governing body of Regulations.gov, called the eRulemaking Program, 
and to agencies that participate in Regulations.gov for ensuring that 
rulemaking materials on Regulations.gov are easily searchable and 
categorized consistently and clearly.
    Public Engagement in Rulemaking. This proposed recommendation 
offers strategies for agencies to enhance public engagement prior to 
and during informal rulemaking. It encourages agencies to invest 
resources in a way that maximizes the probability that rule-writers 
obtain high quality public information as early in the process as 
possible. It recommends expanding the use of requests for information 
and advance notices of proposed rulemaking, targeting outreach to reach 
individuals who might otherwise be unlikely to participate, and taking 
advantage of in-person engagement opportunities to solicit stakeholder 
input and support future informed participation.
    Public-Private Partnerships. This proposed recommendation offers 
agencies guidance on legal and other considerations for participating 
in public-private partnerships. It commends to agencies a Guide to 
Legal Issues Encountered in Public-Private Partnerships, published by 
an interagency working group convened by the Office of the Chairman of 
the Administrative Conference, and proposes mechanisms that allow 
agencies to share resources and best practices with one another for 
purposes of creating and maintaining public-private partnerships.
    Additional information about the proposed recommendations and the 
order of the agenda, as well as other materials related to the meeting, 
can be found at the 70th Plenary Session page on the Conference's 
website: https://www.acus.gov/meetings-and-events/plenary-meeting/70th-plenary-session.
    Public Participation: The Conference welcomes the attendance of the 
public at the meeting, subject to space limitations, and will make 
every effort to accommodate persons with disabilities or special needs. 
Members of the public who wish to attend in person are asked to RSVP 
online at the 70th Plenary Session web page shown above, no later than 
two days before the meeting, in order to facilitate entry. Members of 
the public who attend the meeting may be permitted to speak only with 
the consent of the Chairman and the unanimous approval of the members 
of the Assembly. If you need special accommodations due to disability, 
please inform the Designated Federal Officer noted above at least 7 
days in advance of the meeting. The public may also view the meeting 
through a live webcast, which will be available at https://www.youtube.com/user/gwlawschool during the course of the event. At the 
conclusion of the event,

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the webcast will be archived and available for later viewing on the 
70th Plenary Session web page.
    Written Comments: Persons who wish to comment on any of the 
proposed recommendations may do so by submitting a written statement 
either online by clicking ``Submit a Comment'' on the 70th Plenary 
Session web page shown above or by mail addressed to: December 2018 
Plenary Session Comments, Administrative Conference of the United 
States, Suite 706 South, 1120 20th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036. 
Written submissions must be received no later than 10:00 a.m. (EDT), 
Friday, December 7, 2018, to assure consideration by the Assembly.

    Dated: November 16, 2018.
Shawne McGibbon,
General Counsel.
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