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Vol. 74, No. 160 

Thursday, August 20, 2009 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

COMMISSION 

29 CFR Part 1612 

Government in the Sunshine Act 

Regulations 

AGENCY: Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission is revising the 

method of public announcement of 

agency meetings subject to the 

Government in the Sunshine Act. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 21, 

2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas J. Schlageter, Assistant Legal 

Counsel, or Kathleen Oram, Senior 

Attorney, at (202) 663–4640 (voice) or 

(202) 663–7026 (TTY). Copies of this 

final rule are also available in the 

following alternate formats: large print, 

braille, audiotape and electronic file on 

computer disk. Requests for this final 

rule in an alternative format should be 

made to EEOC’s Publication Center at 

1–800–669–3362 (voice) or 1–800–800– 

3302 (TTY). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 

U.S.C. 552b, the EEOC is required to 

give public announcement of 

Commission meetings. The 

Commission’s Sunshine Act regulations 

specify that such announcements will 

be made by recorded telephone message 

and posting in the lobby of its 

headquarters. In November and 

December 2008, the Commission’s 

headquarters moved from 1801 L Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20507 to 131 M 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20507. 

Because the new location is a multitenant building and the landlord 

prohibits the posting of tenant 

announcements in the lobby, the 

Commission proposed in an NPRM 

published at 74 FR 7843 (Feb. 20, 2009) 

to post announcements of public 

meetings on the agency’s public Web 

site instead of posting them in the 

lobby. The Commission received one 

comment on its proposal, suggesting 

that EEOC create a mechanism for the 

public to sign up to receive e-mail and 

text message notice by subscription. 

While the Sunshine Act does not 

require public notice by e-mail or text 

message or similar individualized 

notice, the Commission agrees that such 

notice would be optimal for its 

stakeholders, and will consider 

adopting such a system in the future. 

For now, the final rule provides for 

public announcement of Commission 

meetings by recorded telephone 

message and posting on the EEOC’s Web 

site instead of by recorded telephone 

message and posting in the EEOC’s 

lobby. 

Regulatory Procedures 

Executive Order 12866 

This is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ within the meaning of section 3 

of Executive Order 12866. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This regulation contains no new 

information collection requirements 

subject to review by the Office of 

Management and Budget under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Commission certifies under 5 

U.S.C. 605(b) that this rule will not have 

a significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

because the rule does not have any 

economic impact. The regulation affects 

only the means by which the EEOC will 

issue public notices of its meetings. 

Thus, a regulatory flexibility analysis is 

not required. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 

This final rule will not result in the 

expenditure by State, local, or tribal 

governments, in the aggregate, or by the 

private sector, of $100 million or more 

in any one year, and it will not 

significantly or uniquely affect small 

governments. Therefore, no actions were 

deemed necessary under the provisions 

of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995. 

Congressional Review Act 

This action concerns agency 

organization, procedure or practice that 

does not substantially affect the rights or 

obligations of non-agency parties and, 

accordingly, is not a ‘‘rule’’ as that term 

is used by the Congressional Review Act 

(Subtitle E of the Small Business 

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 

1996 (SBREFA)). Therefore, the 

reporting requirement of 5 U.S.C. 801 

does not apply. 

List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 1612 

Government in the Sunshine Act, 

Equal Employment Opportunity. 

For the Commission, 

Stuart J. Ishimaru, 

Acting Chairman. 

■ Accordingly, the Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission amends 29 

CFR Part 1612 as follows: 

PART 1612—GOVERNMENT IN THE 

SUNSHINE ACT REGULATIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for Part 1612 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b, sec 713, 78 Stat. 

265; 42 U.S.C. 2000e–12. 

■ 2. In § 1612.7, revise paragraph (a) to 

read as follows: 

§ 1612.7 Public announcement of agency 

meetings. 

(a) Public announcement of each 

meeting by the agency shall be 

accomplished by recorded telephone 

message at telephone number 202–663– 

7100, and by posting such 

announcements on the Commission’s 

public Web site located at http:// 

www.eeoc.gov not later than one week 

prior to commencement of a meeting or 

the commencement of the first meeting 

in a series of meetings, except as 

otherwise provided in this section, and 

shall disclose: 

(1) The time of the meeting. 

(2) The place of the meeting. 

(3) The subject matter of each portion 

of the meeting or series of meetings. 

(4) Whether any portion(s) of a 

meeting will be open or closed to public 

observation. 

(5) The name and telephone number 

of an official designated to respond to 

requests for information about the 

meeting. 

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