Federal Travel Regulation; Designation of Agency Senior Travel Officials, 32296 [2014-12979]

Download as PDF 32296 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 107 / Wednesday, June 4, 2014 / Notices retain voting shares of First American Bank, National Association, both in Hudson, Wisconsin. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 30, 2014. Margaret McCloskey Shanks, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 2014–12989 Filed 6–3–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–P responsible for developing and implementing policies and controls to ensure efficient spending for travel and conference-related activities. Dated: May 29, 2014. Carolyn Austin-Diggs, Acting Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Asset and Transportation Management, Office of Government-wide Policy. [FR Doc. 2014–12979 Filed 6–3–14; 8:45 am] GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION BILLING CODE 6820–14–P [Notice–FTR–2014–05; Docket No. 2014– 0002; Sequence 21] GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Federal Travel Regulation; Designation of Agency Senior Travel Officials [Notice–MG–2014–02; Docket No. 2014– 0002; Sequence 20] Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP), General Services Administration (GSA). ACTION: Notice of Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) Bulletin 14–08, Designation of Agency Senior Travel Officials. Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings; Green Building Advisory Committee; Notification of Upcoming Public Advisory Committee Meeting and Conference Calls AGENCY: GSA’s Office of Governmentwide Policy is strongly encouraging agencies to notify GSA of the name and contact information of the employee selected to be responsible on an agencywide basis for carrying out the directives in Section 3 of Executive Order (E.O.) 13589, ‘‘Promoting Efficient Spending,’’ so s/he can be included in future meetings of agency travel officials. This person may be referred to as the Senior Travel Official (STO). DATES: June 4, 2014. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clarification of content, please contact Ms. Jill Denning, Office of Governmentwide Policy, Office of Asset and Transportation Management, at 202– 208–7642, or by email at travelpolicy@ gsa.gov. Please cite Notice of FTR Bulletin 14–08. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agencies carrying out their various missions must do so in a fiscally responsible manner to protect the interests of taxpayers. The President issued Executive Order (E.O.) 13589, ‘‘Promoting Efficient Spending,’’ on November 9, 2011, to achieve this goal by charging agencies with aggressively cutting waste and promoting efficient and effective spending in administrative areas that are necessary to conducting official business. In Section 3, the E.O. identified travel as one area of opportunity for cost savings, and provided in subsection 3(b) that agencies, agency components, and offices of inspectors general should designate a senior-level official to be tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:05 Jun 03, 2014 Jkt 232001 Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration (GSA). ACTION: Meeting Notice. AGENCY: Notice of this meeting and these conference calls is being provided according to the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 10(a)(2). This notice provides the agenda and schedule for the September 10, 2014 meeting of the Green Building Advisory Committee Meeting (the Committee) and the schedule for a series of conference calls, supplemented by Web meetings, for two task groups of the Committee. The meeting is open to the public and the site is accessible to individuals with disabilities. The conference calls are open for the public to listen in. Interested individuals must register to attend as instructed below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. DATES: Meeting date: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 10, 2014, starting at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time, and ending no later than 4:00 p.m. Task group conference call dates: The conference calls will be held according to the following schedule: The Net Zero task group will hold conference calls every Tuesday from June 18, 2014 to July 30, 2014 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. eastern daylight time. The Building Labels task group will hold conference calls every Monday from June 23, 2014 to Aug 4, 2014 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. eastern daylight time. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Sandler, Designated Federal Officer, SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, Office of Governmentwide Policy, General Services Administration, 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202– 219–1121 (Note: This is not a toll-free number). Additional information about the Committee, including meeting materials and updates on the task groups and their schedules, will be available on-line at https://www.gsa.gov/ gbac. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Procedures for Attendance and Public Comment: Contact Ken Sandler at ken.sandler@gsa.gov to register to attend the meeting and/or listen in to any or all of these conference calls. To attend the meeting and/or conference calls, submit your full name, organization, email address, and phone number. Requests to attend the September 10, 2014 meeting must be received by 5:00 p.m. eastern daylight time on Tuesday, September 2, 2014. Requests to listen in to the calls must be received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, Friday, June 20, 2014. (GSA will be unable to provide technical assistance to any listener experiencing technical difficulties. Testing access to the Web meeting site in advance of calls is recommended.) Contact Ken Sandler at ken.sandler@ gsa.gov to register to comment during the September 10 meeting’s public comment period. Registered speakers/ organizations will be allowed a maximum of 5 minutes each and will need to provide written copies of their presentations. Requests to comment at the meeting must be received by 5:00 p.m. eastern daylight time on Tuesday, September 2, 2014. Written comments also may be provided to Mr. Sandler at ken.sandler@gsa.gov by the same deadline. Background: The Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration established the Committee on June 20, 2011 (Federal Register/Vol. 76, No. 118) pursuant to Section 494 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17123, or EISA). Under this authority, the Committee advises GSA on the rapid transformation of the Federal building portfolio to sustainable technologies and practices. The Committee focuses primarily on reviewing strategic plans, products and activities of the Office of Federal HighPerformance Green Buildings and providing advice regarding how the Office can accomplish its mission most effectively. The Net Zero task group will further develop the motion of a committee member to ‘‘Strengthen net zero energy commitments for new and existing E:\FR\FM\04JNN1.SGM 04JNN1

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[FR Doc No: 2014-12979]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[Notice-FTR-2014-05; Docket No. 2014-0002; Sequence 21]


Federal Travel Regulation; Designation of Agency Senior Travel 
Officials

AGENCY: Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP), General Services 
Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Notice of Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) Bulletin 14-08, 
Designation of Agency Senior Travel Officials.

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SUMMARY: GSA's Office of Government-wide Policy is strongly encouraging 
agencies to notify GSA of the name and contact information of the 
employee selected to be responsible on an agency-wide basis for 
carrying out the directives in Section 3 of Executive Order (E.O.) 
13589, ``Promoting Efficient Spending,'' so s/he can be included in 
future meetings of agency travel officials. This person may be referred 
to as the Senior Travel Official (STO).

DATES: June 4, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clarification of content, please 
contact Ms. Jill Denning, Office of Government-wide Policy, Office of 
Asset and Transportation Management, at 202-208-7642, or by email at 
travelpolicy@gsa.gov. Please cite Notice of FTR Bulletin 14-08.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agencies carrying out their various missions 
must do so in a fiscally responsible manner to protect the interests of 
taxpayers. The President issued Executive Order (E.O.) 13589, 
``Promoting Efficient Spending,'' on November 9, 2011, to achieve this 
goal by charging agencies with aggressively cutting waste and promoting 
efficient and effective spending in administrative areas that are 
necessary to conducting official business. In Section 3, the E.O. 
identified travel as one area of opportunity for cost savings, and 
provided in subsection 3(b) that agencies, agency components, and 
offices of inspectors general should designate a senior-level official 
to be responsible for developing and implementing policies and controls 
to ensure efficient spending for travel and conference-related 
activities.

    Dated: May 29, 2014.
Carolyn Austin-Diggs,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Asset and 
Transportation Management, Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2014-12979 Filed 6-3-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6820-14-P
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