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	<title>Comments on: Committee Probes Industry Influence on EPA Panels</title>
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		<title>By: mahalo</title>
		<link>http://washingtonindependent.com/1637/committee-probes-industry-influence-on-epa-panels/comment-page-1#comment-3145</link>
		<dc:creator>mahalo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This investigation is probably linked to the hearings on updating the Federal Advisory Committee act, as recently held by the House Oversight Committee.  see here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2008/04/17/gsa-faca-database/&quot;&gt;http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2008/04/17/g...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There are numerous loopholes that allow appointed members to advisory committees the ability to avoid disclosing required information about the meetings.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If the Advisory Committee is held in accordance with the law, without taking advantage of the loopholes, the members, a charter, and the meetings&#039; minutes become available here. &lt;a href=&quot;http://fido.gov/facadatabase/search.asp&quot;&gt;http://fido.gov/facadatabase/search.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Here&#039;s the information, for example, on the Wild Horse and Burro board: &lt;a href=&quot;http://fido.gov/facadatabase/committeeMenu.asp?cno=618&amp;FY=2008&quot;&gt;http://fido.gov/facadatabase/committeeMenu.asp?...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I wonder if the EPA panels fall within the guidelines of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and whether there is any additional information to be gained from the GSA&#039;s FACA database.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This investigation is probably linked to the hearings on updating the Federal Advisory Committee act, as recently held by the House Oversight Committee.  see here: <a href="http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2008/04/17/gsa-faca-database/">http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2008/04/17/g&#8230;</a></p>
<p>There are numerous loopholes that allow appointed members to advisory committees the ability to avoid disclosing required information about the meetings.</p>
<p>If the Advisory Committee is held in accordance with the law, without taking advantage of the loopholes, the members, a charter, and the meetings&#39; minutes become available here. <a href="http://fido.gov/facadatabase/search.asp">http://fido.gov/facadatabase/search.asp</a></p>
<p>Here&#39;s the information, for example, on the Wild Horse and Burro board: <a href="http://fido.gov/facadatabase/committeeMenu.asp?cno=618&amp;FY=2008">http://fido.gov/facadatabase/committeeMenu.asp?&#8230;</a></p>
<p>I wonder if the EPA panels fall within the guidelines of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and whether there is any additional information to be gained from the GSA&#39;s FACA database.</p>
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		<title>By: mahalo</title>
		<link>http://washingtonindependent.com/1637/committee-probes-industry-influence-on-epa-panels/comment-page-1#comment-1420</link>
		<dc:creator>mahalo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This investigation is probably linked to the hearings on updating the Federal Advisory Committee act, as recently held by the House Oversight Committee.  see here: http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2008/04/17/gsa-faca-database/

There are numerous loopholes that allow appointed members to advisory committees the ability to avoid disclosing required information about the meetings.

If the Advisory Committee is held in accordance with the law, without taking advantage of the loopholes, the members, a charter, and the meetings&#039; minutes become available here. http://fido.gov/facadatabase/search.asp

Here&#039;s the information, for example, on the Wild Horse and Burro board: http://fido.gov/facadatabase/committeeMenu.asp?cno=618&amp;FY=2008

I wonder if the EPA panels fall within the guidelines of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and whether there is any additional information to be gained from the GSA&#039;s FACA database.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This investigation is probably linked to the hearings on updating the Federal Advisory Committee act, as recently held by the House Oversight Committee.  see here: <a href="http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2008/04/17/gsa-faca-database/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2008/04/17/gsa-faca-database/</a></p>
<p>There are numerous loopholes that allow appointed members to advisory committees the ability to avoid disclosing required information about the meetings.</p>
<p>If the Advisory Committee is held in accordance with the law, without taking advantage of the loopholes, the members, a charter, and the meetings&#8217; minutes become available here. <a href="http://fido.gov/facadatabase/search.asp" rel="nofollow">http://fido.gov/facadatabase/search.asp</a></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the information, for example, on the Wild Horse and Burro board: <a href="http://fido.gov/facadatabase/committeeMenu.asp?cno=618&#038;FY=2008" rel="nofollow">http://fido.gov/facadatabase/committeeMenu.asp?cno=618&#038;FY=2008</a></p>
<p>I wonder if the EPA panels fall within the guidelines of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and whether there is any additional information to be gained from the GSA&#8217;s FACA database.</p>
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