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	2001 Annual Government in the Sunshine Act Report
		The agency's Sunshine rules delegate to the Commissioner assigned to present an agenda item at an open meeting the authority to make public, before the meeting, material "sufficient to inform the public of the issues likely to be discussed in connection with that matter." Commission Rule 4.15(b)(3).
		The Sunshine Act provides that a meeting may be closed if one of the exemptions in 5 U.S.C. § 552b(c) applies, unless "the agency finds that the public interest requires otherwise." The members of the Commission consider the public interest in each vote concerning the open or closed status of a meeting.
		Sunshine Act Exemption 3(B) covers materials that are exempted from disclosure by a statute that establishes criteria for withholding the information, or refers to particular types of matters to be withheld.
	www.ftc.gov /os/2002/05/2001sunshinerpt.htm (3033 words)

	Government in the Sunshine Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Government in the Sunshine Act is a US law passed in 1976.
		It is one of a number of so-called sunshine laws, intended to create greater openness in government.
		The legislative intent of the Act is as follows: "The basic premise of the sunshine legislation is that, in the words of federalist No. 49, "the people are the only legitimate foundation of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter...
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Government_in_the_Sunshine_Act (337 words)

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	Reporter's Handbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Government in the Sunshine Act covers all federal agencies headed by a collegial body of two or more individual members, a majority of whom are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.
		P.L. 94-409 [5.5], Government in the Sunshine Act, preamble.
		P.L. 94-409 [5.5], Government in the Sunshine Act, Sec.
	www.floridabar.org /DIVCOM/PI/RHandbook01.nsf/1119bd38ae090a748525676f0053b606/33db31567bc6b028852569cb004c8736?OpenDocument (5039 words)

	NRC: Government in the Sunshine Act Regulations
		The purpose of the rule is to bring the NRC's Sunshine Act regulations, and the way they are applied by NRC, into closer conformity with Congressional intent, as set forth in the legislative history of the Sunshine Act and as clarified in a unanimous Supreme Court decision, FCC v.
		These kinds of ``non-Sunshine Act discussions,'' which can be an important part of the work of a multi-member agency, had been foreclosed at NRC since 1977 by the agency's unduly restrictive interpretation of the Sunshine Act.
		For instance, the ABA cautioned that a non- Sunshine Act discussion ``does not pose specific problems for agency resolution'' and agency ``members are not deliberating in the sense of confronting and weighing choices.'' Report at 9-11.
	www.state.nv.us /nucwaste/news/nrc10cfr9.htm (5230 words)

	ANNUAL REPORT: Government in the Sunshine Act
		Section 7A(h) of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18a(h), prohibits the Commission from disclosing this information publicly except as may be relevant to an administrative or judicial action or proceeding.
		Each of these meetings was closed pursuant to Section (d)(4) of the Sunshine Act, which permits the Commission to close a meeting with less than the normal seven days' notice if the Commission has issued regulations for expedited procedures.
		Although the Sunshine Act does not specifically address the notice required for deleting an item from the agenda of a meeting closed under Exemption 10 of the Act, the Act does contemplate that changes in a meeting's agenda may occur after public notice has been provided.
	www.ftc.gov /os/2001/08/sunshinerpt.htm (3015 words)

	Do You Feel the Sunshine?
		Government is and should be the servant of the people, and it should be fully accountable to them for the actions which it supposedly takes on their behalf.
		At the time of the enactment of the Sunshine Act, it was assumed that once a closed meeting was held, most or all of it would turn out to be nonexempt, and the transcript would be made available in lieu of attending the meeting.
		One of the problems with the Sunshine Act is that it was designed to protect against an evil that does not appear to have existed at the time of enactment.
	www.law.indiana.edu /fclj/pubs/v49/no2/bradley.html (5912 words)

	untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Government in the Sunshine Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act are the federal counterparts of Washington’s open meetings law.
		The advisory committee act was put on the books in 1972 because Congress believed special interests had too much influence over the panels.
		Still, the acts are of limited use in Washington and other locations outside Washington, D.C., because of the type of boards they cover.
	www.spjwash.org /access/sun.htm (447 words)

	Recommendations of the Administrative Conference of the United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Though no generally accepted standard for measuring the quality of agency decisions under the Government in the Sunshine Act has been devised, one of the clearest and most significant results of the Government in the Sunshine Act is to diminish the collegial character of the agency decisionmaking process.
		Congress was aware of the inherent and unavoidable tension between the values of openness in government and collegiality in decision making when it enacted the Government in the Sunshine Act, and it consciously chose a result that would maximize openness.
		Agencies should continually strive to reflect fully in their activities the basic purpose of the Government in the Sunshine Act, which is to enlarge public access to information about the operations of government.
	www.law.fsu.edu /library/admin/acus/305843.html (668 words)

	Welcome to the Committee on Open Government
		As state and local government services increase and public problems become more sophisticated and complex and therefore harder to solve, and with the resultant increase in revenues and expenditures, it is incumbent upon the state and its localities to extend public accountability wherever and whenever feasible.
		The legislature therefore declares that government is the public's business and that the public, individually and collectively and represented by a free press, should have access to the records of government in accordance with the provisions of this article.
		The member representing local government shall be appointed for a term of four years, so long as such member shall remain a duly elected officer of a local government.
	www.dos.state.ny.us /coog/foil2.htm (2927 words)

	NRC: COMSECY-99-022 - Federal Register Notice - Government in the Sunshine Act Regulations
		The Commission's decision to take action with regard to the Sunshine Act was a reflection of its longstanding efforts to increase the collegiality of the Commission process, to ensure that its procedures and practices are in conformity with current law, and to reach closure on outstanding items.
		At the time that the Commission first put its Sunshine Act rules into place, it acknowledged that briefings might be exempt from the Sunshine Act's scope, but said that the Commission did so much of its important work in briefings that as a policy matter, it believed these should be open to the public.
		Accordingly, the NRC intends to implement its 1985 Sunshine Act rules and to begin holding non-Sunshine Act discussions, subject to the conditions outlined in the May 10, 1999, document, and as further clarified in the present document, 30 days from the date of this notice.
	www.nrc.gov /reading-rm/doc-collections/commission/comm-secy/1999/1999-022comfrn.html (2764 words)

	SUNSHINE Week - SUNSHINE Week
		The first of the Sunshine Week 2008 coordinators are starting their work, recruiting their colleagues and getting the Sunshine Campaign off to a great start.
		A new analysis of Freedom of Information Act performance reports by the Coalition of Journalists for Open Government shows that service continues to frustrate requesters, despite a presidential directive ordering agencies to improve response and a Justice Department assessment that said changes made so far are encouraging.
		The longest pending federal Freedom of Information Act was filed during the Reagan administration, 20 years ago, in 1987, according to the Knight Open Government Survey from the National Security Archive at George Washington University.
	www.sunshineweek.org (1789 words)

	Sunshine in Government Initiative
		The ten media organizations comprising the Sunshine in Government Initiative (SGI) applaud Senate passage of bipartisan, common sense reforms to strengthen the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
		The OPEN Government Act (S. 849) awaits a vote by the full Senate.
		SGI promotes policies that help ensure the government is accessible, accountable and open.
	www.sunshineingovernment.org (432 words)

	Electronic Code of Federal Regulations: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The purpose of this part is to implement the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b.
		For these reasons, persons who choose to act on the basis of discussions at open meetings do so entirely at their own risk and without any assurance that the Commission's final decisions will be reflective of the discussions or initial vote.
		Although it is the general policy of the Commission to open to the public meetings that may be subject to closure, including meetings concerning adjudication of cases, the Commission may find it necessary in the public interest to close meetings.
	ecfr.gpoaccess.gov /cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&rgn=div5&view=text&node=29:9.1.4.13.2&idno=29 (1037 words)

	SUNSHINE Week - Sunshine Week 2007 Toolkit
		Sunshine Week Honorary Chairs Ben Bradlee of The Washington Post, Tom Brokaw of NBC News and Judy Woodruff of PBS NewsHour are featured in a series of print and broadcast ads for use by Sunshine Week participants.
		"Sunshine in Government Starts With Candidates," By Richard Kimball, President, Project Vote Smart: The [campaign] process is a national nightmare, hidden in the boardrooms of a thousand different selfish interests that have become the scourge of representative government and our free society.
		Sunshine Week 2007 Honorary Chairs Ben Bradlee, Tom Brokaw and Judy Woodruff have been tapped by the Radio-Television News Directors Foundation to appear in a series of public service ads for Sunshine Week, March 11-17.
	www.sunshineweek.org /sunshineweek/toolkits (2477 words)

	SFGov: Government
		San Francisco was incorporated as a City on April 15th, 1850 by act of the Legislature.
		Although City Government has played a key role in San Francisco's development, the true wealth of this City resides withÂ the creative and entrepreneurial spirit of its pioneering Citizens.
		The City today is governed by the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors.
	www.sfgov.org /government (99 words)

	Rules Implementing the Government in the Sunshine Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Sunshine Act establishes standards for publicizing and permitting access to agency meetings, and for closing meetings to the public under certain conditions.
		This rule mirrors the Sunshine Act regulations of many other agencies, most specifically, those of the National Transportation Safety Board (49 CFR part 804) and the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (10 CFR part 1704).
		Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 This rule will not result in the expenditure by State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100,000,000 or more in any one year, and it will not significantly or uniquely affect small governments.
	www.washingtonwatchdog.org /documents/fr/02/my/20/fr20my02-10.html (1968 words)

	Government in the Sunshine Act - Assess the National Mediation Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Government in the Sunshine Act - Assess the National Mediation Board
		(a) The provisions of this part are intended to implement the requirements of section 3(a) of the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b.
		Requests to review or obtain copies of agency records other than notices or records prepared under this part may be pursued in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. Part 1208 of the Board's Rules addresses the requisite procedures under that Act.
	www.nmbfacts.com /nmbsSunshineRegs.htm (1147 words)

	mygov.ca - Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
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	www.mygov.ca /Government/reference/search (330 words)

	FEC -- Audit of FEC Compliance with the Government in Sunshine Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		We found the FEC to be in compliance with the key administrative provisions of the Government in Sunshine Act.
		The Government in the Sunshine Act was enacted in 1976 and declares that the public is entitled to the fullest practicable information regarding the decision-making process of the Federal government.
		The Act requires agencies to open all their meetings to public observation, except when it is anticipated that matters exempt under the Act likely will be discussed.
	www.fec.gov /fecig/fecsun.htm (538 words)

	Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
		Overlaying this constitutional separation of powers are laws and regulations that impose general procedural requirements on all agencies and courts of the government to ensure that government actions are conducted in a fair and consistent manner and in the light of the public eye.
		Although the federal Freedom of Information Act is the best known law, all 50 states have some form of a freedom of information statute that applies to some government documents and records.
		American government, for example, is much more democratic, much more accountable than it was when the Republic was formed more than 200 years ago.
	www.usembassy-mexico.gov /bbf/bfdossier_FOIA.htm (1347 words)

	FOIA Appendices - Appendix F
		The Sunshine Act requires that "every portion of every meeting" of a multi-member agency must "be open to public observation," with narrow exceptions.
		The Sunshine Act also requires agencies to announce publicly the time, place, and subject matter of meetings at least a week before the meeting, 5 U.S.C. § 552b(e)(1), and to prepare a complete transcript or electronic recording of meetings that are closed for any reason, 5 U.S.C. § 552b(f).
		II, as amended, DOE has acted, and is acting, in a manner which is arbitrary, capricious, and contrary to law, in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act.
	www.epic.org /foia/21/appendixf.html (7450 words)

	Congressman Sherwood Boehlert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Act requires the Director to develop a list of the proposed projects, ranking the relative priority of each for funding.
		The NSB may not be complying with the spirit of the Government in the Sunshine Act (now contained in section 552b of Title 5 USC), which was intended to make meetings regarding a federal agencies' activities open to the public (with narrow statutory exemptions).
		"The NSF Authorization Act of 2002" requires the NSF Inspector General to conduct an annual audit of the NSB's compliance with the Sunshine Act, including the extent to which the proposed and actual content of closed meetings is consistent with those requirements.
	www.house.gov /boehlert/nsfsum.htm (655 words)

	Federal Register: Sections
		In recognition of the public's right to the fullest possible information about the Federal decision-making process, the Government in the Sunshine Act requires that meetings of Government agencies be open to the public, with certain specified exceptions.
		The Act also requires that public announcement be made in the Federal Register of the time, place, and subject matter of the meeting, the name and telephone number of the agency official to contact for more information, and whether the meeting is open or closed to the public.
		This section of the Federal Register is designed to help the reader find specific information in the Federal Register system, as distinguished from the finding aids in the preliminary pages (Contents section) which are more oriented to one particular issue of the Federal Register.
	www.gpoaccess.gov /fr/sections.html#sunshine (1130 words)

	OMB Watch - The Government in the Sunshine Act
		To ensure that such meetings and decisions do not take place in secret, Congress passed the Government in the Sunshine Act in 1976 (5 USC 552b).
		The Act prescribes the procedures an agency must follow to claim an exemption from the open meetings rule.
		Some agencies have been accused of changing the names of meetings — that is to say, calling them something else (such as staff discussions) — or of using telephone conference calls to avoid the intent of this Act.
	www.ombwatch.org /article/articleview/193/1/67 (207 words)

	FTC Office of the General Counsel - About
		The FTC Act authorizes the Commission to represent itself, through its own attorneys, in a variety of actions in federal court.
		Thus, the office defends actions seeking judicial review of Commission cease and desist orders and trade regulation rules, enforces civil investigative demands and other compulsory process, handles the appellate phase of suits brought by the Commission for preliminary and permanent injunctive relief, and assists the bureaus in actions for injunctive relief in district court.
		The office also decides Freedom of Information Act appeals; requests by state and federal law enforcement agencies for access to nonpublic documents; and requests for confidential treatment, in lieu of placement on the public record, of materials submitted to the Commission.
	ftc.gov /ogc/about.shtm (366 words)

	egov.ca - Government in the Sunshine Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
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