[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR16.2]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
                   CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 16_ADVISORY COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 16.2  Definitions.

    For purposes of this part:
    (a) Administrator means the Administrator of the General Services 
Administration.
    (b) Advisory committee, subject to exclusions described in paragraph 
(b)(2) of this section, means any committee, board, commission, council, 
panel, task force, or other similar group, or any subcommittee or other 
subgroup thereof, which is established or utilized by the Commission for 
the purpose of obtaining advice or recommendations for the Commission or 
other agency or officer of the Federal Government on

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matters that are within the scope of the Commission's jurisdiction.
    (1) Where a group provides some advice to the Commission but the 
group's advisory function is incidental and inseparable from other 
(e.g., operational or management) functions, the provisions of this part 
do not apply. However, if the advisory function is separable, the group 
is subject to this part to the extent that the group operates as an 
advisory committee.
    (2) Groups excluded from the effect of the provisions of this part 
include:
    (i) Any committee composed wholly of full-time officers or employees 
of the Federal Government;
    (ii) Any committee, subcommittee or subgroup that is exclusively 
operational in nature (e.g., has functions that include making or 
implementing decisions, as opposed to the offering of advice or 
recommendations);
    (iii) Any inter-agency advisory committee unless specifically made 
applicable by the establishing authority.
    (c) Commission means the Federal Trade Commission.
    (d) GSA means the General Services Administration.
    (e) Secretariat means the Committee Management Secretariat of the 
General Services Administration.
    (f) Sunshine Act means the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 
552b.