[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR102-3.155]

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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 A_What Policies Apply to Advisory Committees Established Within 
                          the Executive Branch?
 
Sec. 102-3.155  How are advisory committee meetings closed to the 
          public?

    To close all or part of an advisory committee meeting, the 
Designated Federal Officer (DFO) must:
    (a) Obtain prior approval. Submit a request to the agency head, or 
in the case of an independent Presidential advisory committee, the 
Secretariat, citing the specific exemption(s) of the Government in the 
Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), that justify the closure. The request 
must provide the agency head or the Secretariat sufficient time 
(generally, 30 calendar days) to review the matter in order to make a 
determination before publication of the meeting notice required by Sec. 
102-3.150.
    (b) Seek General Counsel review. The General Counsel of the agency 
or, in the case of an independent Presidential advisory committee, the 
General Counsel of GSA should review all requests to close meetings.
    (c) Obtain agency determination. If the agency head, or in the case 
of an independent Presidential advisory committee, the Secretariat, 
finds that the request is consistent with the provisions in the 
Government in the Sunshine Act and FACA, the appropriate agency official 
must issue a determination that all or part of the meeting be closed.
    (d) Assure public access to determination. The agency head or the 
chairperson of an independent Presidential advisory committee must make 
a copy of the determination available to the public upon request.