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<div class="articletext">CSPI's letter also invokes the FAC Act, which in addition to balance requires provisions "to assure that the advice and recommendations of the advisory committee will not be inappropriately influenced by the appointing authority or by any special interest." </div>
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<div class="articletext">Thompson has yet to respond to a similar letter the group sent in December. According to CSPI, ethics chief Comstock has the powe