[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
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.