"Government in the Sunshine": Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 10315 and H.R. 9869 ... November 6 and 12, 1975U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975 - 565 pages |
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Page 124 - ... agency and includes the approval or prescription for the future of rates, wages, corporate or financial structures or reorganizations thereof, prices, facilities, appliances, services or allowances therefor or of valuations, costs, or accounting, or practices bearing on any of the foregoing; (5) "rule making...
Page 174 - Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
Page 21 - Investigatory records compiled for law enforcement purposes but only to the extent that the production of such records would (A) interfere with enforcement proceedings, (B) deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication, (C) constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, (D) disclose the identity of a confidential source and, in the case of a record compiled by a criminal law enforcement authority in the course of a criminal investigation, or by an agency conducting...
Page 467 - Columbia; or except as to the requirements of section 552 of this title. (E) agencies composed of representatives of the parties or of representatives of organizations of the parties to the disputes determined by them...
Page 26 - The subject matter of a meeting, or the determination of the agency to open or close a meeting, or portion of a meeting, to the public, may be changed following the public announcement required by this subsection only if (A) a majority of the entire membership of the agency determines by a recorded vote that agency business so requires and that no earlier announcement of the change was possible, and...
Page 372 - Writing" means handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, and every other means of recording upon any form of communication or representation, including letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combination thereof, and all papers, maps, magnetic or paper tapes, photographic films and prints, magnetic or punched cards, discs, drums, and other documents.
Page 7 - ... copy of such vote, reflecting the vote of each member on the question, is made available to the public.
Page 368 - The state agency also may exclude from any such public or private meeting, during the examination of a witness, any or all other witnesses in the matter being investigated by the state agency.
Page 400 - For the purposes of this section, an application is "pending" before the Commission from the time it is accepted for filing by the Commission until a Commission grant or denial of the application is no longer subject to reconsideration by the Commission or to review by any court.
Page 380 - A publisher, editor, reporter, or other person connected with or employed upon a newspaper, or by a press association or wire service, cannot be adjudged in contempt by a court, the Legislature, or any administrative body, for refusing to disclose the source of any information procured for publication and published in a newspaper.