[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: 44CFR12.9]

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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. 12.9  Closed meetings.

    (a) The requirements of Sec. 12.8 (c) and (d) of this part that 
meetings shall be open to the public and that the public shall be 
afforded an opportunity to participate in such meetings shall not apply 
to any advisory committee meeting which the President or the Director 
determines is concerned with matters listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c).
    (b) An advisory committee which seeks to have all or part of its 
meetings closed shall notify the Director before the scheduled date of 
the meeting. The notification shall be in writing and shall specify the 
reasons why any part of the meeting should be closed.
    (c) A request that the meeting be closed will be granted upon 
determination by the Director that the request is in accordance with the 
policies of this part. The Director's determination will be in writing 
and will state the specific reasons for closing all or part of the 
meeting. The determination will be made available to the public upon 
request.
    (d) The Director may delegate responsibility for making the 
determination required by paragraph (c) of this section. In any case 
where the determination to close the meeting is made by the Director's 
delegate, the determination will be reviewed by the General Counsel.
    (e) When a meeting is closed to the public, the advisory committee 
shall issue a report, at least annually, setting forth a summary of its 
activities in such meetings, addressing those related matters as would 
be informative to the public and consistent with the policy of 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c) and of this

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part. Notice of the availability of such annual reports shall be 
published in accordance with Sec. 12.11 of this part.