[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 110 (Thursday, June 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48446-48447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12398]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

Office of Government Information Services

[NARA-2024-039]


Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of Government Information Services (OGIS), National 
Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Notice of solicitation for committee member nominations.

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SUMMARY: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) seeks 
member nominations for the sixth term of the Freedom of Information Act 
(FOIA) Advisory Committee (Committee) (2024-2026 term). The Committee 
serves as a deliberative body to study the FOIA landscape across the 
executive branch and advise the Archivist of the United States on 
improvements to the administration of FOIA.

DATES: We must receive nominations for Committee members no later than 
5:00 p.m. ET on Monday July 15, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Email nominations to OGIS at [email protected]. If you are unable to submit by email, please 
contact Kirsten Mitchell at the contact information below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kirsten Mitchell, Designated Federal 
Officer for this committee, by email at [email protected], or by telephone at 202-741-5770.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) established 
the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Advisory Committee (Committee) in 
accordance with the United States Second Open Government National 
Action Plan, released on December 5, 2013. The Committee operates under 
the directive in FOIA, 5 U.S.C. 552(h)(2)(C), that the Office of 
Government Information Services (OGIS) within NARA ``identify 
procedures and methods for improving compliance'' with FOIA. The 
Committee is governed by the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 10.

II. Charter and Membership Appointment Terms

    NARA initially chartered the Committee on May 20, 2014. The 
Archivist of the United States renewed

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the Committee's charter for a sixth term on April 26, 2024, and 
certified that renewing the Committee is in the public interest. Member 
appointment terms run for two years, concurrent with the Committee 
charter.

III. Committee Membership

    The 2024-2026 FOIA Advisory Committee will consist of no more than 
20 individuals who will include a range of Government and non-
Government representatives. Members are selected in accordance with the 
charter. Appointments to the Committee will consider factors such as 
geographic diversity; diversity in size of company or organization to 
be represented; and diversity in representations of business and 
industry, academic institutions, non-profit and non-governmental 
organizations, and other stakeholders in accordance with the charter.
    Government members will include, at a minimum: Three FOIA 
professionals from Cabinet-level Departments; three FOIA professionals 
from non-Cabinet agencies; the Director of the Department of Justice's 
Office of Information Policy or their designee; and the Director of 
OGIS or their designee. Non-Governmental members will include, at a 
minimum: Two individuals representing the interests of non-Governmental 
organizations that advocate on FOIA matters; one individual 
representing the interests of FOIA requesters who qualify for the ``all 
other'' FOIA requester fee category; one individual representing the 
interests of requesters who qualify for the ``news media'' FOIA 
requester fee category; one individual representing the interests of 
requesters who qualify for the ``commercial'' FOIA requester fee 
category; one individual representing the interests of historians and 
history-related organizations; and one individual representing the 
interests of academia.

IV. Committee Members' Responsibilities

    All Committee members are expected to attend a minimum of eleven 
public meetings during the two-year Committee term. Meetings will be 
held in-person or virtually. All Committee members are expected to 
volunteer for one or more working subcommittees that will meet at 
various times during the two-year term. The first meeting of the 2024-
2026 Committee term is scheduled for Monday, September 9, 2024 at 10:00 
a.m. ET in the William G. McGowan Theater at the National Archives, 700 
Pennsylvania NW, Washington, DC. Meeting notices will be published in 
the Federal Register.

V. Nomination Information

    All nominations for Committee membership must include the following 
information:
    1. If you are self-nominating: Your name, title, relevant contact 
information (including telephone and email address); your resum[eacute] 
or curriculum vitae; and the representative role for which you wish to 
be considered.
    2. If you are nominating another individual: The nominee's name, 
title, and relevant contact information; their resum[eacute] or 
curriculum vitae; and the representative role for which you wish your 
nominee to be considered.
    3. For both self-nominations and nominations by other individuals: 
Your submission must include a statement (not to exceed one page) 
highlighting the contributions the nominee would make as a member of 
the Committee.
    The Archivist of the United States will review the nominations and 
make final appointments prior to the first Committee meeting in 
September. OGIS will notify the appointees in writing.

Merrily Harris,
Designated Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-12398 Filed 6-5-24; 8:45 am]
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