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Dec. 11 — Public Meeting #2 will be held virtually from 1–4 p.m. Eastern time. Please register in advance.
Jan. 8, 2025 — Public Meeting #3 will be held virtually from 1–4 p.m. Eastern time. Please register in advance.
Feb. 7, 2025 — Public Meeting #4 will be held virtually from 1–4 p.m. Eastern time. Please register in advance.
The Open Government Federal Advisory Committee serves as an advisory body to the GSA Administrator on federal open government and public engagement efforts. This includes developing U.S. National Action Plans, efforts to increase the public’s access to data, advance equity, engage the public in the regulatory process, make government records more accessible, and improve the delivery of government services and benefits. The FAC also advises on open government themes such as access to information, anti-corruption, civic space, climate and environment, digital governance, fiscal openness, gender and inclusion, justice, media freedom, public participation, and improving the delivery of government services and benefits. The FAC comprises a diverse range of experts from civil society, federal agencies, academia, industry, and other interested stakeholders.
The initial focus for the 2024-2026 FAC will be to provide advice on the development of the 6th U.S. National Action Plan and federal open government policy and public engagement.
The designated federal officers for this advisory committee are Arthur Brunson and Daniel York in the U.S. Open Government Secretariat.
Membership balancing plan [PDF - 68 KB] includes a balanced mix of regular government employees from the federal government and special government employees from civil society, academia, and industry.
Employment Services Manager, City of Little Rock, Department of Human Resources
John Dierking
Tax Compliance Officer, City of Los Angeles, Office of Finance
Amy Holmes
Executive Director, Bloomberg Center for Government Excellence
Ronald Keefover
Education-Information Officer, Office of Judicial Administration
Dr. Steven Kull
Director Program for Public Consultation, University of Maryland, School of Public Policy
Janice Luong
Policy Associate, Project On Government Oversight
Ade Odutola
President and CEO, Solvitur Systems LLC
Suzanne Piotrowski
Director, Transparency and Governance Center, Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration
Joshua Tauberer
Founder, GovTrack.us
Corinna Turbes
Director, Center for Data Policy, Data Foundation
Federal member
Charles Cutshall
Department of Commerce, Office of Privacy and Open Government
Dr. Kristen Honey
Chief Data Scientist and Executive Director, InnovationX, Department of Health and Human Services
Kiril Jakimovski
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Bobak Talebian
Department of Justice, Office of Information Policy
U.S. Open Government Federal Advisory Committee meetings are open to the public and may be conducted virtually or in person. All attendees, whether in person or virtual, are required to register using our meeting registration form. Registrants must provide their name, affiliation, and email address.
For in-person attendance, registration is required at least 3 days before the next meeting. Please note, public attendance is limited to the available space.
To participate in a virtual meeting, registration is required no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the day before the meeting.
After completing the registration, individuals will receive further details about the meeting location (for in-person attendance) and online access information (for virtual attendance) via email.
Please submit any public comments before the meeting using our public comment form.
This meeting reviewed the OG FAC charter, purpose, and goals and begin the Committee’s work. The meeting was in hybrid format (both in-person and virtual) and was recorded.
I write to suggest that the newly chartered Open Government Federal Advisory Committee reiterate to Federal agencies and their advisory committees their obligation to post meeting minutes in a timely manner. Specifically, under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA: “[a]gencies should post the meeting minutes on the agency advisory committee website (if one exists) not later than 14 calendar days after the meeting minutes have been certified.”
(1) While I will not cite examples in this comment, I can think of numerous instances when I have found agencies failing to post minutes from meetings that occurred months or even years ago. This obstructs public understanding of what committees are doing and their work. The Open Government committee should reiterate agency obligations to post these minutes. Moreover, if agencies have failed to do so, they should be encouraged to update committee or agency Web sites to post materials for previous meetings such as those that occurred years ago even if they have not previously done so. Likewise, and for the same reasons, agencies should be encouraged to post written public comments they receive as well as meeting transcripts.
(2) While some agencies no doubt make these types of records available upon request, it would be helpful as a standard practice to proactive share with the public online all such materials.
Open Government Federal Advisory Committee Charter
Committee’s Official Designation. Open Government Federal Advisory Committee (OG FAC).
Authority. The OG FAC is a discretionary advisory committee being established by the Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) under agency authority in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, (5 USC 10).
Objectives and Scope of Activities. GSA’s Open Government Secretariat supports ensuring a more transparent, responsive, and inclusive Federal Government. This is done by providing channels for members of the public to regularly engage with their government. The OG FAC will advise GSA in its endeavor to increase the public’s access to data, to better advance equity, engage the public in the regulatory process, make government records more accessible, and seek expert advice on open government themes such as Access to Information, Anti-Corruption, Civic Space, Climate and Environment, Digital Governance, Fiscal Openness, Gender and Inclusion, Justice, Media Freedom, Public Participation, and improving the delivery of government services and benefits.
Description of Duties. The OG FAC will serve as an advisory body to GSA on GSA Open Government Initiatives including GSA’s creation, implementation, and monitoring of U.S. Open Government National Action Plans (NAP)s and commitment themes. The initial focus for the OG FAC will be to provide advice to GSA on the development of NAP 6, Open Government Policy, and Public Engagement. The OG FAC will advise GSA’s Administrator on emerging open government issues, challenges, and opportunities to support GSA’s Open Government Secretariat.
Agency or Official to Whom the Committee Reports. The OG FAC will advise the Administrator of the General Services Administration.
Support. Support for the OG FAC will be provided by GSA’s Office of Government-wide Policy, Open Government Secretariat.
Estimated Annual Operating Costs and Staff Years. The estimated annual fiscal year costs to operate the OG FAC is approximately $550,000. The estimated full-time equivalent staff is 2.5.
Designated Federal Officer. GSA will designate a permanent full-time or part- time Federal staff member of the Office of Government-wide Policy, to serve as the Designated Federal Officer (DFO), as well as an alternate DFO. The DFO will schedule, approve or call all meetings of the OG FAC and its subcommittees, prepare and approve all meeting agendas, attend all committee and subcommittee meetings, adjourn any meeting when the DFO determines adjournment to be in the public’s best interest, and chair meetings when directed to do so by the GSA Administrator.
Estimated Number and Frequency of Meetings. The OG FAC will meet approximately four (4) times per fiscal year.
Duration. The need for the OG FAC is expected to be continuing with charter renewals.
Termination. The OG FAC will terminate 2 years from the date of the charter filing, unless renewed prior to expiration. However, GSA will assess the need for this committee annually.
Membership and Designation. The OG FAC shall be composed of no less than ten (10) and no more than twenty (20) Federal and non-Federal members, with a strong background and expertise in such areas as policy, management, academia, technology, law, State, federal, local and tribal governments, independent associations or councils, and appropriate industry sectors. All members will be appointed by the GSA Administrator. Members will serve one (1) to three (3) year terms. No member will serve for more than six (6) consecutive years. Members will be designated as Regular Government Employees (RGEs), Representative members, or Special Government Employees (SGEs), as appropriate.
Subcommittees. GSA may establish subcommittees, task forces, or working groups as necessary to support the work of the OG FAC. All subcommittee members, which may be existing OG FAC members, shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Administrator, or the Administrator’s designee. Subcommittees may not work independently of the OG FAC and must present their work to the OG FAC for full deliberation and discussion. Subcommittees have no authority to make decisions on behalf of the OG FAC and may not report directly to the Federal Government or any other entity. Subcommittees are subject to all requirements of FACA, including, but not limited to, open meetings, advance public notice, meeting minutes, and recordkeeping.
Recordkeeping. The records of the committee, or subgroups of the committee, shall be handled in accordance with General Records Schedule 6.2 and other approved agency records disposition schedules. These records shall be available for public inspection and copying, subject to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.
Filing Date: 7/15/2024
Digitally signed by GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan - 6/17/2024
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