In the late 1960s and 1970s, in the wake of increasing public vigilance concerning the activities of government sparked by the Vietnam War and Watergate, Congress passed and the President signed a series of transparency laws designed to promote greater accountability and transparency in government decisionmaking. The Government in the Sunshine Act, enacted in 1976, focused specifically on the transparency of meetings of multi-...
Government in the Sunshine Act
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Project Stages:
1. Gather ideas - Completed2. Select ideas - Completed
3. Council approval - Completed
4. Picking a researcher - Completed
5. Committee consideration - Completed
6. Back to the council - Completed
7. Consideration by the full conference - Completed
8. Implementation - Current
Stage:
8. Implementation
Contacts
Recommendation 2014–2, Government in the Sunshine Act, highlights best practices designed to enhance transparency of decisionmaking at multi-member boards and commissions subject to the Government in the Sunshine Act. The recommendation urges covered agencies to provide a description of the primary mechanisms for conducting business, describe substantive business disposed of outside of open meetings subject to the Act (with appropriate protections for information made exempt from disclosure), and exploit new technologies to disseminate relevant information more broadly.
Final Recommendation
- Recommendation number: 2014-2
- Adopted on: June 5, 2014
- Committees: Regulation
- Tags: Government in the Sunshine Act
Project Documents
| Name | Committee | Type | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Committee on Regulation Meeting Agenda | Regulation | Agenda | September 30, 2011 | Download |
| Approved Minutes from September 30 Meeting | Regulation | Meeting Minutes | September 30, 2011 | Download |
| Government in the Sunshine Act | Regulation | Recommendation | June 10, 2014 | Download |
| Proposed Amendments to Sunshine Act Recommendation | Regulation | Recommendation | May 28, 2014 | Download |
| Sunshine Act Draft Recommendation | Regulation | Recommendation | March 18, 2014 | Download |
| Final Sunshine Act Report | Regulation | Report | May 7, 2014 | Download |
| Special Committee Report and Recommendations on Sunshine Act (1995) | Regulation | Report | March 8, 2013 | Download |
| Committee Meeting Webcast | Regulation | Webcast | September 30, 2011 | Watch Video |
Committee Meetings & Events
March 20, 2014 Committee Meeting(Committee on Regulation)
March 20, 2014 - 9:00 am EDT
Location name:
Administrative Conference of the United States
April 22, 2014 Committee Meeting(Committee on Regulation)
April 22, 2014 - 2:00 pm EDT
Location name:
Administrative Conference of the United States
60th Plenary Session
June 5, 2014 - 2:00 pm EDT
June 6, 2014 - 9:00 am EDT
Location name:
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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