1. Increase use of alternative means of dispute resolution. (2) The President, through directive, should strongly encourage agencies to use ADR.[Endnote 20] Governor Clinton recognized the need for every state to use ADR processes to avoid needless litigation; President Clinton should take the opportunity to apply that dictum to every federal agency.[Endnote 21] Presidential support of ADR is necessary to avoid budget incentives that undercut ADR use, to train agency staff in ADR, to structure performance appraisals to reward proper use of ADR, and to make it easier to hire neutrals in a timely fashion. Such support would let agency personnel know that they should take the dictates of the ADR Act of 1990 seriously, without infringing on agencies' discretion to decide when to use ADR. Presidential leadership on this issue is a low-cost but highly effective way to engender long-term and widespread acceptance of the view that resolving disputes through ADR is not only appropriate, it is, in many cases, preferable. Endnotes 20. The executive order should address the use of ADR broadly, rather than limiting it to the regulatory context. 21. See note 6 above and accompanying text.
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