Hosch Associate Professor Kent Barnett has been appointed to the Administrative Conference of the United States as a public member, serving a two-year term. ACUS is an independent federal agency dedicated to improving the administrative process through consensus-driven applied research and providing nonpartisan expert advice and recommendations for federal agency procedures. Its membership is composed of senior federal officials, academics and other experts from the private sector. Barnett is one of 40 public members and one of approximately 25 academics in the conference.