Jun 12, 2017 · It had been unclear whether the attorney general would speak in closed or open session. But the committee put out a statement Monday saying the hearing is now set to begin at 2:30 p.m. ET on...
“The ACLU is very concerned of reports claiming that Attorney General Jeff Sessions will likely be testifying in a closed hearing on Tuesday. There is absolutely no reason why the hearing room doors should be shut, cameras turned off, and all American citizens left …
Jun 12, 2017 · Attorney General Jeff Sessions will testify in an open hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, according to the committee’s leaders. Sessions will be testifying before Congress...
Jun 13, 2017 · Tuesday's testimony, scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m. (1830 GMT), will be the first for Sessions in a congressional hearing since he became attorney general. During his …
Jun 12, 2017 · (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) (Newser) – Another day of White House drama before a Senate panel: Attorney General Jeff …
Closed MeetingsAn Exception: Closed Meetings or Sessions The general rule is that all meetings of governmental bodies must be open to the public. If a governmental body wants to hold a closed or "executive" session, it must identify a specific statutory exemption.
The Public Meetings Law gives effect to Oregon's policy of open decision-making by the state's public bodies; in furtherance of that policy, the law requires that meetings at which decisions about the public's business is made are open to the public; that the public has reasonable notice of the time, place, and agenda ...
The Texas Open Meetings Act was enacted to ensure that Texas government is transparent, open and accountable to all Texans. It requires that state and local governmental entities conduct public business responsibly and in accordance with the law.
While there is no comprehensive list of public bodies, any multi-member board, commission, committee or subcommittee within the executive or legislative branches* of state government, or within any county, district, city, region or town, if established to serve a public purpose, is subject to the law.
The Chairman may, unless dissented to or objected by the majority of Directors present at a Meeting at which a Quorum is present, adjourn the Meeting for any reason, at any stage of the Meeting. This paragraph of SS-1 deals with adjournment of a Meeting otherwise than for want of Quorum.Apr 24, 2021
Although open meeting statutes are closely related to the Freedom of Information Act of 1966, no national minimum standard defines “openness,” and it is not mentioned in the First Amendment.
Texas's wiretapping law is a "one-party consent" law. Texas makes it a crime to intercept or record any "wire, oral, or electronic communication" unless one party to the conversation consents. Texas Penal Code § 16.02.
The executive session may be conducted at the beginning or the end of a formal board meeting. While it is common for the executive session to be held at the end of an open meeting, it is at times advantageous to hold the closed session at the beginning of the meeting.
A quorum is the minimum number of members of a deliberative assembly (a body that uses parliamentary procedure, such as a legislature) necessary to conduct the business of that group.
Under the Open Meeting Law, the public is permitted to attend meetings of public bodies but is excluded from an executive session that is called for a valid purpose listed in the law. While the public is permitted to attend an open meeting, an individual may not address the public body without permission of the chair.
Massachusetts open meetings law expressly permits sound and video recording of public meetings (i.e., meetings of a governmental body required to be open to the public by law), except for executive sessions, by anyone in attendance.
Civil Code Section 4090(a) defines a “meeting” to include: ... Thus, where a quorum of the board (typically, a majority of the directors) discusses or deliberates upon an “item of business” via a series of emails, such communications would constitute an email meeting that is prohibited under Civil Code Section 4910(b).
Representative Mike Quigley, another Democratic committee member , said on MSNBC that Sessions “is one of the most forgetful persons who works out of Washington, D.C., or he’s being less than candid with the American public.”. Sessions declined to comment to reporters as he left the secure hearing room.
The intelligence committee also met for more than three hours on Thursday with Erik Prince, who founded the private military contractor Blackwater and was a supporter of Trump’s presidential campaign.
A spokeswoman for Sessions said he has consistently declined to discuss his communications with Trump in the past, and that he has also previously said he was never instructed to do anything illegal or improper.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions refused to answer questions on Thursday during a closed congressional hearing about whether President Donald Trump ever instructed him to hinder the Justice Department’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to Democratic lawmakers who attended.