[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 39, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 39CFR7.6]

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                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
 
PART 7--PUBLIC OBSERVATION (ARTICLE VII)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 7.6  Certification and transcripts of closed meetings.

    (a) At the beginning of every meeting or portion of a meeting closed 
under Sec. 7.3 (a) through (j) of these bylaws, the General Counsel 
shall publicly certify that, in his or her opinion, the meeting or 
portion of the meeting may be closed to the public, stating each 
relevant exemptive provision. The Secretary shall retain this 
certification, together with a statement from the officer presiding at 
the meeting which sets forth the time and place of the meeting, and the 
persons present.
    (b) The Secretary shall arrange for a complete transcript or 
electronic recording adequate to record fully the proceedings to be made 
of each meeting or portion of a meeting of the Board which is closed to 
the public. The Secretary shall maintain a complete verbatim copy of the 
transcript, or a complete electronic recording of each meeting or 
portion of a meeting closed to the public for at least 2 years after the 
meeting, or for 1 year after the conclusion of any Postal Service 
proceeding with respect to which the meeting was held, whichever occurs 
later.
    (c) Except for those items of discussion or testimony which the 
Board, by a majority vote of those members who are present, determines 
to contain information which may be withheld under Sec. 7.3 of these 
bylaws, the Secretary shall promptly make available to the public, in 
the Public and Employee Communications Department at Postal Service 
Headquarters, or in another place easily accessible to the public, the 
transcript or electronic recording of a closed meeting, including the 
testimony of any witnesses received at the meeting. The Secretary shall 
furnish a copy of this transcript, or a transcription of this electronic 
recording disclosing the identity of each speaker, to any person at the 
actual cost of duplication or transcription.