[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
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[CITE: 5CFR1632.7]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
         CHAPTER VI--FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD
 
PART 1632_RULES REGARDING PUBLIC OBSERVATION OF MEETINGS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1632.7  Meetings closed to public observation.

    (a) A meeting or a portion of a meeting will be closed to public 
observation, or information as to such meeting or portion of a meeting 
will be withheld, only by recorded vote of a majority of the Members of 
the Board when it is determined that the meeting or the portion of the 
meeting or the withholding of information qualifies for exemption under 
Sec.  1632.5. Votes by proxy are not allowed.
    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, a separate 
vote of the Members of the Board will be taken with respect to the 
closing or the withholding of information as to each meeting or portion 
thereof which is proposed to be closed to public observation or with 
respect to which information is proposed to be withheld pursuant to this 
section.
    (c) A single vote may be taken with respect to a series of meetings, 
a portion or portions of which are proposed to be closed to public 
observation or with respect to any information concerning such series of 
meetings proposed to be withheld, so long as each meeting or portion 
thereof in such series involves the same particular matters and is 
scheduled to be held no more than thirty days after the initial meeting 
in such series.
    (d) Whenever any person's interests may be directly affected by a 
portion of the meeting for any of the reasons referred to in exemption 
(a)(5), (a)(6) or (a)(7) of Sec.  1632.5 of this part, such person may 
request in writing to the Secretary of the Board that such portion of 
the meeting be closed to public observation. The Secretary, or in his or 
her absence, the Acting Secretary of the Board, shall transmit the 
request to the members and upon the request of any one of them a 
recorded vote shall be taken whether to close such meeting to public 
observation.
    (e) Within one day of any vote taken pursuant to paragraphs (a) 
through (d) of this section, the agency will make publicly available at 
the Board's External Affairs Office a written copy of such vote 
reflecting the vote of each member on the question. If a meeting or a 
portion of a meeting is to be closed to public observation, the Board, 
within one day of the vote taken pursuant to paragraphs (a) through (d) 
of this section, will make publicly available at the Board's External 
Affairs Office a full written explanation of its action closing the 
meeting or portion of the meeting together with a list of all persons 
expected to attend the meeting and their affiliation, except to the 
extent such information is determined by the Board to be exempt from 
disclosure under subsection (c) of the Act and Sec.  1632.5 of this 
part.
    (f) Any person may request in writing to the Secretary of the Board 
that an announced closed meeting, or portion of the meeting, be held 
open to public observation. The Secretary, or in his or her absence, the 
Acting Secretary of the Board, will transmit the request to the members 
of the Board and upon the request of any member a recorded vote will be 
taken whether to open such meeting to public observation.