What are the responsibilities and functions of a Designated Federal Officer (DFO)?

§ 102–3.120 What are the responsibilities and functions of a Designated Federal Officer (DFO)? The agency head or, in the case of an independent Presidential advisory committee, the Secretariat, must designate a Federal officer or employee who must be either full-time or permanent part-time, to be the DFO for each advisory committee and its subcommittees, who must: (a) Approve or call the meeting of the advisory committee or subcommittee; (b) Approve the agenda, except that this requirement does not apply to a Presidential advisory committee; (c) Attend the meetings; (d) Adjourn any meeting when he or she determines it to be in the public interest; and (e) Chair the meeting when so directed by the agency head.