scope:

Guidance provided in this instruction pertains to all committees, with the exception of Federal Advisory Committees, sponsored by CNO and by officials of the Operating Forces of the Navy and Department of the Navy shore activities under the command of CNO. Federal Advisory Committees, which are excluded from the scope of this instruction and for which specific guidance is provided separately, are committees whose membership includes nongovernment personnel (individuals who are not officers or employees of the government on a full-time basis, consultants or private sector experts).