Welcome to the homepage of the federal government's Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Working Group. Congress and the President established the Working Group to coordinate, promote, and facilitate the effective use of ADR in the government, pursuant to the Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1996 and a White House Presidential Memorandum.

This website contains resources to assist government employees and private citizens who use ADR in federal disputes, and to support federal agencies in developing ADR programs. Features are listed in the column on the left. "Documents" contains reports, laws, speeches, and other official government documents about ADR. "Guidance" contains materials providing guidance on how to use ADR effectively. "Articles" contains law review publications describing ADR in the government. "Federal Agency Information" contains contact materials about ADR officials in the government and links to federal agency ADR websites. "Working Group Information" contains materials describing the activities of the working group. Finally, "ADR E-mail List" provides an opportunity to sign up to a government ADR listserv and to use it to ask questions and have discussions with hundreds of federal ADR professionals throughout the country.

The content of this page is managed by Jeff Senger, Senior Counsel in the Office of Dispute Resolution at the Justice Department.



Last Updated 08/26/2004
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