Notice2024-22374
Notice of Availability of Model Rules of Representative Conduct
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September 30, 2024
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Administrative Conference of the United States
Abstract
The Office of the Chair of the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS), through its Working Group on Model Rules of Representative Conduct, has completed and published its Model Rules of Representative Conduct. The rules are intended to help federal agencies amend or develop their rules governing representatives in adjudicative proceedings. The final revised Model Rules of Representative Conduct are available at https://www.acus.gov/research-projects/working-group- model-rules-representative-conduct.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2024)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22374]
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ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES
Notice of Availability of Model Rules of Representative Conduct
AGENCY: Administrative Conference of the United States.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the Chair of the Administrative Conference of
the United States (ACUS), through its Working Group on Model Rules of
Representative Conduct, has completed and published its Model Rules of
Representative Conduct. The rules are intended to help federal agencies
amend or develop their rules governing representatives in adjudicative
proceedings.
The final revised Model Rules of Representative Conduct are
available at <a href="https://www.acus.gov/research-projects/working-group-model-rules-representative-conduct">https://www.acus.gov/research-projects/working-group-model-rules-representative-conduct</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Gluth, Deputy Research
Director, Administrative Conference of the United States, 1120 20th
Street NW, Suite 706 South, Washington, DC 20036; Telephone 202-480-
2080; email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#86ebe1eaf3f2eec6e7e5f3f5a8e1e9f0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="99f4fef5ecedf1d9f8faeceab7fef6ef">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Administrative Conference Act, 5 U.S.C.
591-596, established ACUS. The Conference studies the efficiency,
adequacy, and fairness of the administrative procedures used by Federal
agencies and makes recommendations for improvements to agencies, the
President, Congress, and the Judicial Conference of the United States.
The Chair of the Conference oversees a full-time staff within the
Office of the Chair. The Office of the Chair supports the activities of
the Assembly and undertakes many other activities to carry out the
mission and functions of ACUS.
In 2019, ACUS adopted Recommendation 2021-9, Regulation of
Representatives in Agency Adjudicative Proceedings, 87 FR 1721 (Jan.
12, 2022), which offers best practices for agencies to consider when
developing rules governing the participation and conduct of attorneys
and non-attorneys who represent parties in adjudicative proceedings.
Recommendation 2021-9 also recommended that the Office of the Chair
``consider promulgating model rules of conduct'' consistent with the
Recommendation and, in doing so, ``seek the input of a diverse array of
agency officials and members of the public, including representatives
who appear before agencies, and the American Bar Association.'' In
2023, the Chair convened a Working Group of public- and private-sector
representatives to develop Model Rules of Representative Conduct that,
as contemplated by Recommendation 2021-9, ``account for variation in
agency practice and afford agencies the flexibility to determine which
rules apply to their adjudicative proceedings.''
The Working Group was composed of distinguished experts in the
field of administrative adjudication, ranging from adjudicators and
agency officials to private practitioners and academics. It first
convened in February 2023 and met regularly throughout the following
year to consider and ultimately approve a final draft of these Model
Rules. The resulting Model Rules--which create a transparent, easily
accessible set of guidelines that facilitate a wide range of
representation in a broad array of agency proceedings--are intended to
help federal agencies amend or develop their rules governing
representatives in adjudicative proceedings consistent with the best
practices identified in Recommendation 2021-9.
Additional information about ACUS's Model Rules of Representative
Conduct project--including drafts, a listing of the Working Group
members, and other related information--can be found on ACUS's website
at <a href="https://www.acus.gov/research-projects/working-group-model-rules-representative-conduct">https://www.acus.gov/research-projects/working-group-model-rules-representative-conduct</a>.
Dated: September 25, 2024.
Shawne McGibbon,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2024-22374 Filed 9-27-24; 8:45 am]
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