[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: 44CFR12.3]



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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. 12.3  Policy.



    In determining whether an advisory committee should be created, and 

in reviewing the functions of operating advisory committees, the Agency 

will:

    (a) Establish new advisory committees only when they are determined 

to be essential, keeping their number to the minimum necessary to 

accomplish the assigned mission of the agency or its components;

    (b) Provide standards and uniform procedures to govern the 

establishment, operation, administration, and duration of the advisory 

committees;

    (c) Terminate the advisory committees when they are no longer 

necessary to carry out the purposes for which they were established; and

    (d) Keep the Congress and the public informed with respect to the 

number, purpose, membership, activity, and cost of the advisory 

committees.