Defence, Press and Broadcasting Advisory Committee
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The Defence, Press and Broadcasting Advisory Committee is the British advisory body which issues DA-Notices. The secretary is a former 2 star military officer employed from a Ministry of Defence budget and is housed by them (although technically independent) and the committee is made up of senior civil servants and representatives of national media organisations. In 1993 the committee was renamed from the Defence, Press and Broadcasting Committee.
The five government positions on the committee are all ex officio - the chairman is always the current Permanent Under Secretary of the Ministry of Defence. The Deputy Under Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, the Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary, the Permanent Under Secretary of the Home Office and the Deputy Under Secretary from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are the other officers. The Vice Chairman is chosen by the press members from among their number.
The thirteen media representatives are nominated by the following organisations:
- BBC
- ITV
- ITN
- Sky TV
- Periodical Publishers Association (2 nominations)
- Newspaper Publishers Association (3 nominations)
- Newspaper Society (2 nominations)
- Press Association
- Scottish Daily Newspaper Society
The Publishers Association have chosen not taken part in the committee. The committee also hopes "that in due course Internet authorities will be represented on the Committee too" [1]. It is not stated which internet authorities are intended.
