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DoD Instruction 5105.04:  Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committee Management Program: Establishes policy, provides procedures, and assigns responsibilities for the Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committee Management Program in accordance with sections 102-3.5 through 102-3.185 of Reference (d), and Appendix of title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.).

DoD Instruction 5105.18:  DoD Intergovernmental and Intragovernmental CommitteeManagement Program: Establishes policy, provides procedures, and assigns responsibilities for the DoD Intergovernmental and Intragovernmental Committee Management Program.  This instruction applies to committees which are notpart of the FACA program.

Federal Advisory Committee’s Database: The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database is used by Federal agencies to continuously manage an average of 1,000 advisory committees government-wide.This database is also used by the Congress to perform oversight of related Executive Branch programs and by the public, the media, and others, to stay abreast of important developments resulting from advisory committee activities.

Although centrally supported by the General Services Administration's Committee Management Secretariat, the database represents a true "shared system" wherein each participating agency and individual committee manager has responsibility for providing accurate and timely information that may be used to assure that the system's wide array of users has access to data required by FACA.

GSA’s Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Management Overview: Website for the  Committee Management Secretariat, which provides background information and services to the various groups it supports to ensure and facilitate compliance with legislation and regulations