FCC Unaffected by Executive Order to Kill 1/3 of All FACA Committees
The FCC isn’t affected by President Donald Trump's executive order directing all federal departments and agencies to eliminate one-third of their current Federal Advisory Committee Act-authorized committees by Sept. 30, a spokesperson told us Friday. The order limits the total…
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governmentwide number of advisory committees to 350. Eliminated committees should include those found to deal with subject matters that have “become obsolete,” have accomplished their stated objectives, have primary functions “that have been assumed by another entity” or that the agency finds have a “cost of operation [that’s] excessive in relation” in relation to their “benefits to the Federal Government.” Agencies can count committees already eliminated since Trump entered office in January 2017 toward their quota. Agency heads can seek a waiver of the requirement if OMB concludes “it is necessary for the delivery of essential services, for effective program delivery, or because it is otherwise warranted by the public interest.” All agency heads will need to submit recommendations by Aug. 1 to OMB for eliminating committees. OMB will recommend which committees to eliminate by Sept. 1. The order doesn’t apply to the FCC because it generally exempts independent regulatory agencies, the FCC spokesperson said. The FTC's also an independent regulator. An NTIA spokesperson was checking at our deadline on how it would affect that Commerce Department.