§ 102-3.100 Responsibilities and functions of GSA.

(a) The responsibilities of the Administrator under sec. 7 of the Act (codified at 5 U.S.C. 1006) have been delegated by the Administrator to the Secretariat. (b) The Secretariat is responsible for: (1) Engaging in consultations with agencies on the establishment, reestablishment, renewal, merger, and termination of discretionary advisory committees; (2) Prescribing guidance and regulations applicable to advisory committees; (3) Assisting other agencies in implementing and interpreting the Act; (4) Conducting a Government-wide annual comprehensive review of advisory committees to determine whether each committee is carrying out its purpose, whether the responsibilities assigned to the committee should be revised, and whether any committees should be merged or terminated; (5) Collecting and analyzing data relating to the costs of individual advisory committees and agency FACA programs as well as the costs of the Government-wide program and the Secretariat; (6) Designing and maintaining a FACA database to facilitate data collection, reporting, and use of information required by the Act; and (7) Providing recommendations for transmittal by the Administrator to the President, Congress, or agency heads regarding actions that should be taken with regard to the FACA and its implementation.