(a) Except as provided in § 1632.5 of this part, every portion of every meeting of the agency shall be open to public observation.

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Terms Used In 5 CFR 1632.4

  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC

(b) The Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, and the Board’s implementing regulations, 5 CFR part 1611, shall govern the availability to the public of copies of documents considered in connection with the Board’s discussion of agenda items for a meeting that is open to public observation.

(c) The annual Board meeting schedule will be maintained on frtib.gov. In addition, agency announcements of meetings open to public observation will be published in the Federal Register. Requests for announcements may be made by telephoning or by writing to the Office of External Affairs, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, 77 K Street NE, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20002.

[53 FR 36777, Sept. 22, 1988, as amended at 59 FR 55331, Nov. 7, 1994; 77 FR 11384, Feb. 27, 2012; 85 FR 12432, Mar. 3, 2020]