Federal Advisory Committee Act

Citation
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (1972) (5 U.S.C. App.).

Overview
the Act, in part, presumptively requires that the meetings of all federal advisory committees serving executive branch entities be open to public observation. The statute specifies nine categories of information &mdash; similar to those of the Freedom of Information Act &mdash; that may be permissively relied upon to close advisory committee deliberations when such matters are under discussion. Disputes over the proper public notice for a committee meeting or the closing of a session may be pursued in federal court.