[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR12.14]

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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
                                SECURITY
 
PART 12--ADVISORY COMMITTEES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 12.14  Annual comprehensive review.

    (a) The Agency will conduct an annual comprehensive review of the 
activities and responsibilities of each advisory committee to determine:
    (1) Whether such committee is carrying out its purpose;
    (2) Whether, consistent with the provisions of applicable statutes, 
the responsibilities assigned to it should be revised;
    (3) Whether it should be merged with any other advisory committee or 
committees; or
    (4) Whether it should be abolished.
    (b) Pertinent factors to be considered in the comprehensive review 
required by paragraph (a) of this section includes the following:
    (1) The number of times the committee has met in the past year;
    (2) The number of reports or recommendations submitted by the 
committee;
    (3) An evaluation of the substance of the reports or recommendations 
submitted by the committee, regarding the Agency's programs or 
operations;
    (4) An evaluation of the utilization by the Agency of the 
committee's policy formation recommendations in: program planning, 
decision making, more effective achievement of program objectives, and 
more economical accomplishment of programs in general, with emphasis in 
such evaluation on the preceding 12 month period of the committee's 
work;
    (5) Whether information or recommendations could be obtained from 
sources within the Agency or from other advisory committees already in 
existence;
    (6) The degree of duplication of effort by the committee as compared 
with that of other parts of the Agency or other advisory committees; and
    (7) The estimated annual cost of the committee.
    (c) The annual review required by this section shall be conducted on 
a calendar year basis, and results of the review shall be included in 
the annual report to the Secretariat required by Sec. 12.16(b) of this 
part. The report shall contain a justification of each advisory 
committee which the Agency determines should be continued, making 
reference, as appropriate, to the factors specified in paragraph (b) of 
this section.
    (d) The review will examine all advisory committees, and committees 
found to be no longer needed shall be terminated. Advisory committees 
established by act of Congress or the President of the United States 
will be reviewed, and if appropriate, their termination will be 
recommended.