[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 44, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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.