sunshine agenda

Noun

 * 1) A public agenda.
 * 2)  An agenda on which an item has been placed for which the decision-making body will not entertain discussion or commentary.
 * 3)  A public agenda on which an item for decision has been placed for which the decision-making body will not entertain commentary, discussion or influence during a certain defined time-frame prior to the decision, in order to give the body "a period of repose" in which to make decisions.

Quotations

 * "Teletruth today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the FCC to supply Teletruth and the public an accounting of Chairman Powell’s conversations, meetings, emails and other pertinent information in an effort to ascertain if the Public Interest has been harmed during the Sunshine Agenda period of the Triennial Review." (3)
 * "Speculation was buzzing yesterday that commissioners were close to agreeing to Nextel's plan and would put the 800 MHz item on its April 15 agenda. However, the FCC did not include the 800 MHz plan on its "sunshine agenda" for its meeting next week. " (3)