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The Government in the Sunshine Act (Pub. L. 94–409, 90 Stat. 1241, enacted September 13, 1976, 5 U.S.C. § 552b) is a U.S. law passed in 1976 that affects the operations of the federal government, Congress, federal commissions, and other legally constituted federal bodies.
The Sunshine Act requires manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, biological and medical supplies covered by the three federal health care programs Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to collect and track all financial relationships with physicians and teaching hospitals and to report these data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
In 1976, as part of the Government in the Sunshine Act, Exemption 3 of the FOIA was amended so that several exemptions were specified: Information relating to national defense, Related solely to internal personnel rules and practices, Related to accusing a person of a crime, Related to information where disclosure would constitute a breach of ...
Board members argued they were exempt from the 24-hour notice requirement of the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act because they hadn't received the union's tentative agreement until the day of the public ...
The lawsuit alleges that the school board violated the Sunshine Act by adding an agenda item to appoint Conn less than 24 hours in advance of the December meeting. At least 24 hours' notice is ...
Delaware Freedom of Information Act Tit. 29, §§ 10001 to 10007; 10112 1977 [20] Citizens of the state/commonwealth Florida Florida Sunshine Law Fla. Stat. §§ 119.01 to 119.19 1967 [21] Any person Georgia Georgia Open Records Act O.C.G.A. §§ 50-18-70 to 50-18-103 1959 [22] Citizens of the state/commonwealth Hawaii
The Senate approved a slimmed-down, temporary government spending plan early Saturday morning, averting a shutdown of the federal government. The legislation now goes to President Joe Biden for ...
[1] [2] While the Administrative Procedure Act definition of "agency" applies to most executive branch agencies, Congress may define an agency however it chooses in enabling legislation, and through subsequent litigation often involving the Freedom of Information Act and the Government in the Sunshine Act. These further cloud attempts to ...