Well, not ALL government agencies...
5 U.S.C. 551(1)(E) excludes "agencies composed of representatives of the parties or of representatives of organizations of the parties to the disputes determined by them" from coverage, except for FOIA. An example is (ahem) the Railroad Retirement Board.
June 11, 1946
The Administrative Procedure Act, which governs the rulemaking and judicial functions of all USgovernment agencies, was signed into law. "the most important statute affecting the administration of justice in the federal field since the passage of the Judiciary Act of 1789"
