Federal Committee

• Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC)

Pursuant to Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), and in accordance with Title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 102-3.65, and following consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration, and in accordance with the Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 1996 (NRA), and the Administrative Procedure Act, notice is hereby given that the ASRAC will be established for a two-year period. The Committee will provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy on matters concerning the DOE's Appliances and Commercial Equipment Standards Program's (Program) test procedures and rulemaking process. Formation of this committee allows the Program to further improve the rulemaking process. The Committee provides advice and makes reco...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 14008, March 08, 2012
• Notices
• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office

• Analysis: If Federal Super Committee Proposal Fails

West Virginia's economy could take a hit if the so-called super committee formed by Congress can't agree on a debt reduction plan and the federal budget gets slashed. The budget deal reached by Congress earlier this month included about $917 billion in spending reductions and created a super committee to find additional cuts. If the committee doesn't come up with at least $1.2 trillion in additional savings by Nov. 23 or Congress doesn't adopt its proposals by Dec. 23, a provision will kick in to make automatic cuts.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• August 17, 2011

• Federal Advisory Committee Act

In accordance with the (Pub. L. 92-463), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announces that the charter for the Advisory Committee for the 2015 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15 Advisory Committee) has been renewed by the General Services Administration (GSA) for a two-year period. The WRC-15 Advisory Committee is a federal advisory committee under the .

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 27060, May 08, 2012
• Notices
• Federal Communications Commission

• The justiciability of fair balance under the Federal Advisory Committee Act: toward a deliberative process approach.

The Federal Advisory Committee Act's requirement that advisory committees be "fairly balanced in terms of the points of view represented and the funct...

• Michigan Law Review
• Vol. 110 Nbr. 4, February 2012

• 5 CFR 950.104 - Local Federal Coordinating Committee responsibilities.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 5: Administrative Personnel

• Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee; Open Committee Meetings

According to the provisions of section 10 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given that an additional meeting of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee will be held on Thursday, March 8, 2012. The meeting will start at 10 a.m. and will be held in Room 5A06A, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Building, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC. The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee is composed of a Chair, five representatives from labor unions holding exclusive bargaining rights for Federal blue-collar employees, and five representatives from Federal agencies. Entitlement to membership on the Committee is provided for in 5 U.S.C. 5347. The Committee's primary responsibility is to review the Prevailing Rate System and other matters pertinen...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 8926, February 15, 2012
• Notices
• Personnel Management Office

• Testimony of Roger Harris, vice chair, Federal Taxation Committee, National Society of Accountants.

Complex tax law changes in 1997 have largely made the 1998 tax filing season a challenging one for taxpayers and accountants. In his testimony before the House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, on Mar 31, 1998, Roger Harris, Vice Chair of the National Society of Accountants' Federal Taxation Committee, avers, however, that the efficient filing season can be attributed to the IRS' successful efforts to enhance taxpayer service. Harris also testified that the IRS' budget request for FY1999 is designed to serve the needs of American taxpayers.

• The National Public Accountant
• Vol. 43 Nbr. 4, June 1998

• Defense Business Board (DBB); Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting

Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.150, the Department of Defense announces the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the Defense Business Board (DBB).

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 81485, December 28, 2011
• Notices
• Defense Department

• Federal Advisory Committee; Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Advisory Board; Closed Meeting

Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2 (2001)), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102-3.10, DoD hereby announces that the DIA Advisory Board will meet on May 2, 2012. The meeting is closed to the public. The meeting necessarily includes discussions of classified information relating to DIA's intelligence operations including its support to current operations.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 18797, March 28, 2012
• Notices
• Defense Department

• Federal Advisory Committee; Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Advisory Board; Closed Meeting

Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2 (2001)), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102-3.10, DoD hereby announces that the DIA Advisory Board will meet on December 2, 2011. The meeting is closed to the public. The meetings necessarily include discussions of classified information relating to DIA's intelligence operations including its support to current operations.

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 70425, November 14, 2011
• Notices
• Defense Department