USTR Cancellation of Advisory Committee Illustrates Lack of Public Access, Says Law School
The recent cancellation of a partially open to the public Industry Trade Advisory Committee (ITAC) on Small and Minority Business sheds light on the infrequency of ITAC meetings over the past decade, according to infojustice.org, citing the Congressional Research Service…
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(CRS). According to infojustice.org, a blog run the American University Law School, an unspecified congressional office recently requested a compilation of the partially open meetings over that time period. The CRS compilation shows the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has permitted only 13 partially open ITAC meetings since 2004, and the Small and Minority Business ITAC hosted all but one of those meetings, the blog said.