The following committees, boards, and other groups have been created to provide advice to the U.S. Department of Education on policy and program issues.
Advisory Committees
Operational Committees
Independent Organizations Affiliated with ED
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance
Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Advisory Board
National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity
National Advisory Council on Indian Education
National Board for Education Sciences
National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board
National Technical Advisory Council
President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
President's Board of Advisors on Tribal Colleges and Universities
Civil Rights Reviewing Authority (CRRA)
Commission on Presidential Scholars (CPS)
Federal Interagency Committee on Education
Interagency Coordinating Group for Adult Literacy
Jacob K. Javits Fellow Program Fellowship Board
National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB)
In 1972, the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App) was enacted by Congress. Its purpose was to ensure that advice rendered to the Executive Branch by the various advisory committees, task forces, boards, and commissions formed over the years by Congress, the President and Government Agencies, be both objective and accessible to the public. The Act not only formalized a process for establishing, operating, overseeing, and terminating these advisory groups, but also created the Committee Management Secretariat (MS), an organization located within the General Services Administration (GSA) whose task is to evaluate and monitor Executive Branch compliance with the Act.
For detailed information on budget, charter, members, accomplishments, meetings, and reports on all government advisory committees, go to the GSA FACA (Federal Advisory Committee Act) Database
Archived committees, boards, commissions, and other advisory groups
Last Modified: 12/04/2008
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