BOISE, Idaho – Dennis Stevenson, Administrative Rules Coordinator for the State of Idaho, has been elected President of the Administrative Codes and Registers Section (ACR) of the National Association of Secretaries of State. Stevenson will begin a two-year term that will run through July 2006 as leader of the organization of state and federal administrative regulatory professionals.
Stevenson heads the Office of Administrative Rules, Department of Administration, and is managing editor of both the Idaho Administrative Code and the Idaho Administrative Bulletin, and a training specialist in administrative law, rule promulgation, rule writing, and Idaho APA compliance.
As coordinator, Stevenson has overseen office innovations including use of desk top
publishing for rules publications, providing free, electronic access to the Idaho Administrative Code,
Administrative Bulletin and rules related documents, electronic filing of rulemaking documents, and
providing electronic access to all legislative rules review publications. Many of these innovations
have saved the State thousands of taxpayer dollars. Most recently the state's 66 official repositories
that receive free copies of the Code and Bulletin, were given the 2004 Administrative Code on
CD-ROM only. This resulted in a savings of over $40,000 in printing, binding and distribution costs.