[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR8.2]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 8--ADVISORY COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 8.2  Policy.

    (a) Advisory Committees are to be used for obtaining advice and 
recommendations on matters for which they were established, and may be 
utilized only when the information sought is not otherwise efficiently 
and economically available.
    (b) Unless provided otherwise by statute or Presidential directive, 
advisory committees shall be utilized solely for advisory functions and 
any decision taken pursuant to the advice or recommendation of an 
advisory committee is the responsibility of the appropriate Department 
officer. For the purposes of this provision, ``Presidential directive'' 
includes an executive order or executive memorandum.
    (c) Meetings of advisory committees will be open to the public 
unless there is a compelling reason which requires nondisclosure of the 
subject matter in accordance with public law (5 U.S.C. 552 (b)).