[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1430.8]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                        AND CONCILIATION SERVICE
 
PART 1430_FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE ADVISORY COMMITTEES
--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1430.8  Advisory committee meetings.

    (a) Initiation of meetings. (1) Committee meetings may be called by:
    (i) The Director or the head of the office most directly concerned 
with the committee's activities;
    (ii) The agency officer referred to in paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this 
section, and the committee chairman, jointly; or
    (iii) The committee chairman, with the advance approval of the 
officer referred to in paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section.
    (2) The Service's committee management officer shall be promptly 
informed that a meeting has been called.
    (b) Agenda. Committee meetings shall be based on agenda approved by 
the officer referred to in paragraph (a)(1) of this section. Such agenda 
shall note those items which may involve matters which have been 
determined by the Office of the General Counsel as coming within the 
exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552(b).
    (c) Notice of meetings. (1) Notice of advisory committee meetings 
shall be published in the Federal Register at least 7 days before the 
date of the meeting, irrespective of whether a particular meeting will 
be open to the public. Notice to interested persons shall also be 
provided in such other reasonable ways as are appropriate under the 
circumstances, such as press release or letter. Responsibility for 
preparation of Federal Register and other appropriate notice shall be 
with the officer referred to in paragraph (a)(1) of this section.

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    (2) Notice in the Federal Register shall state all pertinent 
information related to a meeting and shall be published at least 7 days 
prior to a meeting.
    (d) Presence of agency officer or employee at meetings. No committee 
shall meet without the presence of the officer referred to in paragraph 
(a)(1) of this section, or his delegate. At his option the officer or 
employee may elect to chair the meeting.
    (e) Minutes. Detailed minutes shall be kept of all committee 
meetings and shall be certified by the chairman of the advisory 
committee as being accurate.
    (f) Adjournment. The officer or employee referred to in paragraph 
(a)(1) of this section may adjourn a meeting at any time he determines 
it in the public interest to do so.
    (g) Public access to committee meetings. All advisory committee 
meetings shall be open to the public, except when the Office of the 
General Counsel determines, in writing, and states his reasons therefor 
prior to Federal Register notice, that a meeting or any part thereof, is 
concerned with matters related to the exemptions provided in the Freedom 
of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552(b). In such instances, those portions 
of a committee meeting which come within the section 552(b) exemptions 
may be closed to the public.
    (h) Public participation in committee procedures. Interested persons 
shall be permitted to file statements with advisory committees. Subject 
to reasonable committee procedures, interested persons may also be 
permitted to make oral statements on matters germane to the subjects 
under consideration at the committee meeting.