§ 1405.2 - Definitions.

As used in this part:

Chairperson means the Member elected by the Board to serve in said position pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 2107.7(f).

General Counsel means the Review Board's principal legal officer, or an attorney serving as Acting General Counsel.

Government office means any office of the Federal Government that has possession or control of assassination records as set forth in 44 U.S.C. 2107.3(5).

Meeting means the deliberations of three or more Members where such deliberations determine or result in the joint conduct or disposition of official Review Board business. A meeting does not include:

(1) Notation voting or similar consideration of business, whether by circulation of material to the Members individually in writing or by a polling of the Members individually by telephone.

(2) Action by three or more Members to:

(i) Open or to close a meeting or to release or to withhold information pursuant to § 1405.5;

(ii) Set an agenda for a proposed meeting;

(iii) Call a meeting on less than seven days’ notice as permitted by § 1405.6(b); or

(iv) Change the subject matter or the determinations to open or to close a publicly announced meeting under § 1405.7(b).

(3) A session attended by three or more Members for which the purpose is to receive briefings from the Review Board's staff or expert consultants, provided that members of the Review Board do not engage in deliberations at such sessions that determine or result in the joint conduct or disposition of official Review Board business on such matters. The General Counsel will inform the Review Board if developing discussions at a briefing or gathering should be deferred until a notice of an open meeting can be published in the Federal Register.

(4) A session attended by three or more Members for which the purpose is to receive informational briefings from representatives of government offices discussing classified or otherwise restricted information in accordance with the provisions of the JFK Act, provided that Members of the Review Board do not engage in deliberations at such sessions that determine or result in the joint conduct or disposition of official Review Board business on such matters.

(5) A gathering of three or more Members for the purpose of holding informal preliminary discussions or exchanges of views, but that does not effectively predetermine official Review Board action.

Member means a current member of the Review Board as provided by law.

Presiding Officer means the Chairperson or any other Member authorized by the Review Board to preside at a meeting.

Review Board means the Assassination Records Review Board created pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 2107.7.