Political Quotes

“Section 871 of the Homeland Security Act allows for an exemption to the Federal Advisory Committee Act so that meetings of advisory committees at the Department of Homeland Security could go forward in emergency and other unforeseen situations. To form an advisory committee, the Federal Advisory Committee Act requires notice of meetings, publication of meetings in the Federal Register, timely public release of documents associated with the advisory committee meetings, and so forth, including making reading rooms available for members of the public to read the documents that are being discussed by the advisory committee. The Department of Homeland Security and its representatives, when this legislation was being developed, convinced the committee and the Congress to grant a narrow exemption to the Department to permit it to do its job in emergencies to protect and respond to threats to protect the homeland.”