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    On April 3, 2008, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sued the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Mike Leavitt, the secretary of the HHS, for failing to comply with the open meetings and disclosure requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Advisory committees for agencies are required by FACA to obtain a charter and make meetings and information publicly accessible. The Office of Head Start within the HHS created a committee and held a private meeting concerning massive changes to Head Start performance standards without obtaining a charter or making the meeting or information from the meeting available as required by FACA. CREW sued the HHS to force disclosure of records from the Head Start advisory committee meeting as required by FACA and to ensure that HHS advisory committees follow FACA requirements in the future.

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    On April 3, 2008, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sued the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Mike Leavitt, the secretary of the HHS, for failing to comply with the open meetings and disclosure requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Advisory committees for agencies are required by FACA to obtain a charter and make meetings and information publicly accessible. The Office of Head Start within the HHS created a committee and held a private meeting concerning massive changes to Head Start performance standards without obtaining a charter or making the meeting or information from the meeting available as required by FACA. CREW sued the HHS to force disclosure of records from the Head Start advisory committee meeting as required by FACA and to ensure that HHS advisory committees follow FACA requirements in the future.

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    CREW v. Leavitt (HHS) Et Al: Re: Head Start: 9/22/08 - Order (Document 12)

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    On April 3, 2008, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sued the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Mike Leavitt, the secretary of the HHS, for failing to comply with the open meetings and disclosure requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Advisory committees for agencies are required by FACA to obtain a charter and make meetings and information publicly accessible. The Office of Head Start within the HHS created a committee and held a private meeting concerning massive changes to Head Start performance standards without obtaining a charter or making the meeting or information from the meeting available as required by FACA. CREW sued the HHS to force disclosure of records from the Head Start advisory committee meeting as required by FACA and to ensure that HHS advisory committees follow FACA requirements in the future.

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    Case 1:08-cv-00576-ESH Document 12 Filed 09/22/2008 Page 1 of 1

    UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT


    FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

    _________________________________________
    )
    CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND )
    ETHICS IN WASHINGTON, )
    )
    Plaintiff, )
    )
    v. ) Civil Action No. 08-0576 (ESH)
    )
    MICHAEL LEAVITT, Secretary, )
    Department of Health and Human Services, )
    et al., )
    )
    Defendants. )
    _________________________________________ )

    ORDER

    For the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby

    ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment [Dkt. #6] is GRANTED,

    and the above-captioned case is dismissed with prejudice.

    SO ORDERED.

    /s/_____________
    ELLEN SEGAL HUVELLE
    United States District Judge

    Date: September 22, 2008

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