Reading Room Document
Application of Federal Advisory Committee Act to Editorial Board of Department of Justice Journal
An outside advisory or editorial board for a new Department of Justice publication would be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act if it deliberated as a body in order to formulate recommendations, but would not be subject to FACA if each individual member reviewed submissions to the journal and gave his or her own opinion about publication. 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/23361/download.
The OLC's Opinions
Opinions published by the OLC, including those released in response to our FOIA lawsuit