Reading Room Document
Application of Federal Advisory Committee Act to Non-Governmental Consultations
The Federal Advisory Committee Act does not apply to the consultations that the Department of Defense plans to conduct with various individuals from outside the government regarding the policies and procedures that DoD is developing for military commissions. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/19106/download.
The OLC's Opinions
Opinions published by the OLC, including those released in response to our FOIA lawsuit