United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1998-11-13 monographic deposited born digital 23 p. GA 1.13:RCED-99-17 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-17 P0b002ee180397b73 f:rc99017 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-17 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-17 RCED-99-17 Reporting requirements Committee evaluation Federal advisory bodies Research and development Government information dissemination Personnel recruiting Letter Report RCED The National Academy of Sciences, a private nonprofit institution, provides scientific, engineering, and medical advice to federal, state, and local governments; private industry; and nonprofit groups. In fiscal year 1997, the federal government provided about 85 percent--or $145 million--of the Academy's funding. Committees that give advice to the federal government are generally subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972. Congress passed the legislation because of concerns that such committees were proliferating without adequate review, oversight, or accountability. Among other things, the act requires that most meetings be open to the public and must be attended by a federal official. In response to Academy efforts to obtain legislative relief from the act, Congress excluded Academy committees from the definition of "advisory committee" and added a new section 15 dealing with Academy advisory committees. That section precludes an agency from using the Academy's advice or recommendations unless certain information is made available to the public--notice of committee appointments, minutes of closed meetings, copies of final committee reports, and the names of external reviewers of draft reports. This report (1) discusses why the Academy sought relief from the act, (2) describes the Academy's committee procedures for providing advice to the federal government, and (3) discusses the Academy's implementation of the new requirements for providing information to the public. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-17/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-17.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-17/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-17.pdf GAO/RCED-99-17 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-17 Letter Report GAO/RCED-99-17; Federal Research: The National Academy of Sciences and the Federal Advisory Committee Act; Reporting requirements Committee evaluation Federal advisory bodies Research and development Government information dissemination Personnel recruiting Title 5 Appendix 2 5 U.S.C. App. 2 Public Law 92-463 Public Law 105-153