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:

Question options:

a. be protected because they are internal agency actions.

b. violate the Government in the Sunshine Act open meeting laws.

c. be considered law enforcement issues and would be protected from open-meeting laws.

d. not be a meeting without some staff members present.

b. violate the Government in the Sunshine Act open meeting laws

Explanation:

Government in the sunshine Act is a United States Federal law that was passed in 1976 to increase transparency of government regarding information that should be available to the public. It was an amendment to the freedom of information act. The Government in the sunshine act of 1976 covered for transparency in meetings, deliberations, records and other official documents beingade available to the public. In the above case, the commissioners are violating the government in the sunshine act because they are trying to have an official meeting and take care of government business in utter privacy and not available for public observation

the answer is a.

by: nicholas dooley

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