Four of the five commissioners for the Federal Trade Commission were working late one evening in their Washington, D. C. offices. The four were catching up on their electronic mail. The four soon discovered each others' presence on electronic mail. One commissioner wrote to the other three, "Let's get some business done so long as we're all here. We could resolve that unfair competition case that's pending for next month. We can iron out our differences via e-mail." The electronic exchanges of the commissioners would: a. be protected because they are internal agency actions. b. not be a meeting without some staff members present. c. be considered law enforcement issues and would be protected from open-meeting laws. d. violate the Government in the Sunshine Act open meeting laws.

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Ace Frost

13 May, 14:20

Four of the five commissioners for the Federal Trade Commission were working late one evening in their Washington, D. C. offices. The four were catching up on their electronic mail. The four soon discovered each others' presence on electronic mail. One commissioner wrote to the other three, "Let's get some business done so long as we're all here. We could resolve that unfair competition case that's pending for next month. We can iron out our differences via e-mail." The electronic exchanges of the commissioners would: a. be protected because they are internal agency actions. b. not be a meeting without some staff members present. c. be considered law enforcement issues and would be protected from open-meeting laws. d. violate the Government in the Sunshine Act open meeting laws.

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Dean Oneal · Answer 1

D) violate the Government in the Sunshine Act open meeting laws.

Explanation:

The Sunshine Act passed in 1976, established that every meeting held by a federal agency must be open to public observation. That doesn't mean that the general public must be present at every single meeting held by a federal agency, but it requires federal agencies to notify of upcoming meeting in the Federal Register. The purpose of this law is to try to guarantee transparency in government, but again the meetings must be notified in advance but they are not open generally open to the general public. Although the records of the meetings should be public, unless they deal with national security issues.