[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR102-3.105]

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           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
               CHAPTER 102--FEDERAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION
 
PART 102-3--FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart C--How Are Advisory Committees Managed?
 
Sec. 102-3.105  What are the responsibilities of an agency head?

    The head of each agency that establishes or utilizes one or more 
advisory committees must:

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    (a) Comply with the Act and this Federal Advisory Committee 
Management part;
    (b) Issue administrative guidelines and management controls that 
apply to all of the agency's advisory committees subject to the Act;
    (c) Designate a Committee Management Officer (CMO);
    (d) Provide a written determination stating the reasons for closing 
any advisory committee meeting to the public, in whole or in part, in 
accordance with the exemption(s) of the Government in the Sunshine Act, 
5 U.S.C. 552b(c), as the basis for closure;
    (e) Review, at least annually, the need to continue each existing 
advisory committee, consistent with the public interest and the purpose 
or functions of each advisory committee;
    (f) Determine that rates of compensation for members (if they are 
paid for their services) and staff of, and experts and consultants to 
advisory committees are justified and that levels of agency support are 
adequate;
    (g) Develop procedures to assure that the advice or recommendations 
of advisory committees will not be inappropriately influenced by the 
appointing authority or by any special interest, but will instead be the 
result of the advisory committee's independent judgment;
    (h) Assure that the interests and affiliations of advisory committee 
members are reviewed for conformance with applicable conflict of 
interest statutes, regulations issued by the U.S. Office of Government 
Ethics (OGE) including any supplemental agency requirements, and other 
Federal ethics rules;
    (i) Designate a Designated Federal Officer (DFO) for each advisory 
committee and its subcommittees; and
    (j) Provide the opportunity for reasonable participation by the 
public in advisory committee activities, subject to Sec. 102-3.140 and 
the agency's guidelines.