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March 14, 2017, to obtain the call-in
number and access code. For
information on services for individuals
with disabilities or to request special
assistance, contact Ruth MacPhail as
soon as possible.
To facilitate public participation, we
are inviting public comment on the
issues to be considered by the Board as
listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section. Comments must be
submitted in writing no later than
March 14, 2017, and must be identified
by Docket ID FEMA–2008–0010 and
may be submitted by one of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Email: FEMA-RULES@
fema.dhs.gov. Include the docket
number in the subject line of the
message.
• Mail/Hand Delivery: Ruth
MacPhail, 16825 South Seton Avenue,
Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the words ‘‘Department of
Homeland Security’’ and the Docket ID
for this action. Comments received will
be posted without alteration at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received by the Board, go to
https://www.regulations.gov, click on
‘‘Advanced Search,’’ then enter
‘‘FEMA–2008–0010’’ in the ‘‘By Docket
ID’’ box, then select ‘‘FEMA’’ under ‘‘By
Agency,’’ and then click ‘‘Search.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alternate Designated Federal Officer:
Kirby E. Kiefer, telephone (301) 447–
1117, email Kirby.Kiefer@fema.dhs.gov.
Logistical Information: Ruth
MacPhail, telephone (301) 447–1333
and email Ruth.Macphail@
fema.dhs.gov.
Notice of
this meeting is given under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C.
Appendix.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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The purpose of the Board is to review
annually the programs of the National
Fire Academy (Academy) and advise the
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) Administrator, through the
United States Fire Administrator, on the
operation of the Academy and any
improvements therein that the Board
deems appropriate. In carrying out its
responsibilities, the Board examines
Academy programs to determine
whether these programs further the
basic missions that are approved by the
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Agenda
The Board will discuss the direction
of the Executive Fire Officer Program to
include curriculum, projects, and other
requirements.
There will be one 10-minute comment
period after the one agenda item; each
speaker will be given no more than 2
minutes to speak. Please note that the
public comment period may end before
the time indicated, following the last
call for comments. Contact Ruth
MacPhail to register as a speaker.
Meeting materials will be posted at
https://www.usfa.fema.gov/training/
Academy/about/bov.html by February
22, 2017.
Dated: February 8, 2017.
Kirby E. Kiefer,
Acting Superintendent, National Fire
Academy, United States Fire Administration,
Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2007–0008]
National Advisory Council
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Committee management; request
for applicants for appointment to the
National Advisory Council.
AGENCY:
The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) is
requesting that qualified individuals
who are interested in serving on the
FEMA National Advisory Council
(NAC) apply for appointment as
identified in this notice. Pursuant to the
Post-Katrina Emergency Management
Reform Act of 2006 (PKEMRA), the NAC
advises the FEMA Administrator on all
aspects of emergency management to
incorporate input from and ensure
coordination with state, local, tribal,
and territorial governments, and the
non-governmental and private sectors
SUMMARY:
Purpose of the Board
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FEMA Administrator, examines the
physical plant of the Academy to
determine the adequacy of the
Academy’s facilities, and examines the
funding levels for Academy programs.
The Board submits a written annual
report to the FEMA Administrator,
through the United States Fire
Administrator. The report provides
detailed comments and
recommendations regarding the
operation of the Academy.
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on the development and revision of
national plans and strategies, the
administration of and assessment of
FEMA’s grant programs, and the
development and evaluation of risk
assessment methodologies. The NAC
consists of up to 35 members, all of
whom are experts and leaders in their
respective fields. FEMA seeks to
appoint individuals to eight (8)
discipline-specific positions on the NAC
and up to five (5) members as
Administrator Selections. If other
positions open during the application
and selection period, FEMA may select
qualified candidates from the pool of
applications.
FEMA will accept applications
until 11:59 p.m. EDT on March 15,
2017.
DATES:
The preferred method for
application package submission is by
email:
• Email: FEMA-NAC@fema.dhs.gov.
Please save materials as one document
using the naming convention, ‘‘Last
Name_First Name_NAC Application’’
and attach to the email.
You may also submit your application
package by fax or U.S. mail:
• Fax: (540) 504–2331.
• U.S. Mail: Office of the National
Advisory Council, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472–3184.
Use only ONE method to submit your
application. The Office of the National
Advisory Council will send you an
email that confirms receipt of your
application and will notify you of the
final status of your application once
FEMA selects new members.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Deana Platt, Designated Federal Officer,
Office of the National Advisory Council,
Federal Emergency Management
Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington,
DC 20472–3184; telephone (202) 646–
2700; fax (540) 504–2331; and email
FEMA-NAC@fema.dhs.gov. For more
information on the NAC, including
membership application instructions,
visit https://www.fema.gov/nationaladvisory-council.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NAC
is an advisory committee established in
accordance with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix. As required
by PKEMRA, the Secretary of Homeland
Security established the NAC to ensure
effective and ongoing coordination of
Federal preparedness, protection,
response, recovery, and mitigation for
natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and
other man-made disasters. FEMA is
requesting that individuals who are
ADDRESSES:
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interested in and qualified to serve on
the NAC apply for appointment to an
open position in one of the following
discipline areas: Elected Tribal
Government Executive (Representative),
Non-elected Tribal Government Official
(Representative), Emergency
Management (Representative),
Emergency Response Providers
(Representative), Standards Setting and
Accrediting Organizations
(Representative), Individuals with
Disabilities (Representative), Health
Scientist (Special Government
Employee (SGE)), and Infrastructure
Protection Expert (SGE). The
Administrator may appoint up to five
(5) additional candidates to serve as
FEMA Administrator Selections (as SGE
appointments). Appointments will be
for three-year terms that start in
September 2017.
The NAC Charter contains more
information and can be found at:
https://www.fema.gov/media-library/
assets/documents/35316#.
If you are interested, qualified, and
want FEMA to consider appointing you
to fill an open position on the NAC,
please submit an application package to
the Office of the NAC as listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Current NAC members whose terms are
ending should notify the Office of the
NAC of their interest in reappointment
in lieu of submitting a new application,
and if desired, provide updated
application materials for consideration.
There is no application form; however,
each application package MUST include
the following information:
• Cover letter, addressed to the Office
of the NAC, that includes or indicates:
Current position title and employer or
organization you represent, home and
work addresses, and preferred telephone
number and email address; the
discipline area position(s) for which you
are qualified; why you are interested in
serving on the NAC; and how you heard
about the solicitation for NAC members;
• Resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV);
and
• One Letter of Recommendation
addressed to the Office of the NAC.
Information contained in your
application package should clearly
indicate your qualifications to serve on
the NAC and fill one of the current open
positions. FEMA will not consider
incomplete applications. FEMA will
review the information contained in
application packages and make
selections based on: (1) Leadership
attributes, (2) emergency management
experience, (3) expert knowledge in
discipline area, and (4) ability to meet
NAC member expectations. FEMA will
also consider overall NAC composition,
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including geographic diversity and mix
of officials, emergency managers, and
emergency response providers from
state, local, and tribal governments,
when selecting members.
Appointees may be designated as a
SGE as defined in section 202(a) of title
18, United States Code, or as a
Representative member. SGEs speak as
experts in their field and Representative
members speak for the stakeholder
group they represent. Candidates
selected for appointment as SGEs are
required to complete a Confidential
Financial Disclosure Form (Office of
Government Ethics (OGE) Form 450)
each year. You can find this form at the
Office of Government Ethics Web site
(https://www.oge.gov). However, please
do not submit this form with your
application.
The NAC generally meets in person
twice per year. FEMA does not pay NAC
members for their time, but will pay for
or reimburse travel expenses such as
airfare, per diem to include hotel stays,
and other transportation costs within
federal travel guidelines when preapproved by the Designated Federal
Officer. NAC members must serve on
one of the three NAC Subcommittees,
which meet regularly by teleconference.
FEMA estimates the total time
commitment for subcommittee
participation to be 1–2 hours per week
(more for NAC leadership).
DHS does not discriminate on the
basis of race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, political affiliation,
sexual orientation, gender identity,
marital status, disability and genetic
information, age, membership in an
employee organization, or other nonmerit factor. DHS strives to achieve a
widely diverse candidate pool for all of
its recruitment actions. Current DHS
and FEMA employees, FEMA
Reservists, and DHS and FEMA
contractors and potential contractors are
not eligible for membership. Federally
registered lobbyists may apply for
positions designated as Representative
appointments but are not eligible for
positions that are designated as SGE
appointments.
Dated: February 9, 2017.
Robert J. Fenton,
Acting Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5995–N–07]
Federal Property Suitable as Facilities
To Assist the Homeless
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This Notice identifies
unutilized, underutilized, excess, and
surplus Federal property reviewed by
HUD for suitability for use to assist the
homeless.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Juanita Perry, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street SW., Room 7266, Washington, DC
20410; telephone (202) 402–3970; TTY
number for the hearing- and speechimpaired (202) 708–2565 (these
telephone numbers are not toll-free),
call the toll-free Title V information line
at 800–927–7588 or send an email to
title5@hud.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with 24 CFR part 581 and
section 501 of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
11411), as amended, HUD is publishing
this Notice to identify Federal buildings
and other real property that HUD has
reviewed for suitability for use to assist
the homeless. The properties were
reviewed using information provided to
HUD by Federal landholding agencies
regarding unutilized and underutilized
buildings and real property controlled
by such agencies or by GSA regarding
its inventory of excess or surplus
Federal property. This Notice is also
published in order to comply with the
December 12, 1988 Court Order in
National Coalition for the Homeless v.
Veterans Administration, No. 88–2503–
OG (D.D.C.).
Properties reviewed are listed in this
Notice according to the following
categories: Suitable/available, suitable/
unavailable, and suitable/to be excess,
and unsuitable. The properties listed in
the three suitable categories have been
reviewed by the landholding agencies,
and each agency has transmitted to
HUD: (1) Its intention to make the
property available for use to assist the
homeless, (2) its intention to declare the
property excess to the agency’s needs, or
(3) a statement of the reasons that the
property cannot be declared excess or
made available for use as facilities to
assist the homeless.
Properties listed as suitable/available
will be available exclusively for
homeless use for a period of 60 days
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2007-0008]
National Advisory Council
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Committee management; request for applicants for appointment to
the National Advisory Council.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is requesting
that qualified individuals who are interested in serving on the FEMA
National Advisory Council (NAC) apply for appointment as identified in
this notice. Pursuant to the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform
Act of 2006 (PKEMRA), the NAC advises the FEMA Administrator on all
aspects of emergency management to incorporate input from and ensure
coordination with state, local, tribal, and territorial governments,
and the non-governmental and private sectors on the development and
revision of national plans and strategies, the administration of and
assessment of FEMA's grant programs, and the development and evaluation
of risk assessment methodologies. The NAC consists of up to 35 members,
all of whom are experts and leaders in their respective fields. FEMA
seeks to appoint individuals to eight (8) discipline-specific positions
on the NAC and up to five (5) members as Administrator Selections. If
other positions open during the application and selection period, FEMA
may select qualified candidates from the pool of applications.
DATES: FEMA will accept applications until 11:59 p.m. EDT on March 15,
2017.
ADDRESSES: The preferred method for application package submission is
by email:
Email: FEMA-NAC@fema.dhs.gov. Please save materials as one
document using the naming convention, ``Last Name_First Name_NAC
Application'' and attach to the email.
You may also submit your application package by fax or U.S. mail:
Fax: (540) 504-2331.
U.S. Mail: Office of the National Advisory Council,
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC
20472-3184.
Use only ONE method to submit your application. The Office of the
National Advisory Council will send you an email that confirms receipt
of your application and will notify you of the final status of your
application once FEMA selects new members.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deana Platt, Designated Federal
Officer, Office of the National Advisory Council, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472-3184;
telephone (202) 646-2700; fax (540) 504-2331; and email FEMA-NAC@fema.dhs.gov. For more information on the NAC, including membership
application instructions, visit https://www.fema.gov/national-advisory-council.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NAC is an advisory committee established
in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix. As required by PKEMRA, the Secretary of
Homeland Security established the NAC to ensure effective and ongoing
coordination of Federal preparedness, protection, response, recovery,
and mitigation for natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-
made disasters. FEMA is requesting that individuals who are
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interested in and qualified to serve on the NAC apply for appointment
to an open position in one of the following discipline areas: Elected
Tribal Government Executive (Representative), Non-elected Tribal
Government Official (Representative), Emergency Management
(Representative), Emergency Response Providers (Representative),
Standards Setting and Accrediting Organizations (Representative),
Individuals with Disabilities (Representative), Health Scientist
(Special Government Employee (SGE)), and Infrastructure Protection
Expert (SGE). The Administrator may appoint up to five (5) additional
candidates to serve as FEMA Administrator Selections (as SGE
appointments). Appointments will be for three-year terms that start in
September 2017.
The NAC Charter contains more information and can be found at:
https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/35316#.
If you are interested, qualified, and want FEMA to consider
appointing you to fill an open position on the NAC, please submit an
application package to the Office of the NAC as listed in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice. Current NAC members whose terms are ending
should notify the Office of the NAC of their interest in reappointment
in lieu of submitting a new application, and if desired, provide
updated application materials for consideration. There is no
application form; however, each application package MUST include the
following information:
Cover letter, addressed to the Office of the NAC, that
includes or indicates: Current position title and employer or
organization you represent, home and work addresses, and preferred
telephone number and email address; the discipline area position(s) for
which you are qualified; why you are interested in serving on the NAC;
and how you heard about the solicitation for NAC members;
Resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV); and
One Letter of Recommendation addressed to the Office of
the NAC.
Information contained in your application package should clearly
indicate your qualifications to serve on the NAC and fill one of the
current open positions. FEMA will not consider incomplete applications.
FEMA will review the information contained in application packages and
make selections based on: (1) Leadership attributes, (2) emergency
management experience, (3) expert knowledge in discipline area, and (4)
ability to meet NAC member expectations. FEMA will also consider
overall NAC composition, including geographic diversity and mix of
officials, emergency managers, and emergency response providers from
state, local, and tribal governments, when selecting members.
Appointees may be designated as a SGE as defined in section 202(a)
of title 18, United States Code, or as a Representative member. SGEs
speak as experts in their field and Representative members speak for
the stakeholder group they represent. Candidates selected for
appointment as SGEs are required to complete a Confidential Financial
Disclosure Form (Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Form 450) each year.
You can find this form at the Office of Government Ethics Web site
(https://www.oge.gov). However, please do not submit this form with your
application.
The NAC generally meets in person twice per year. FEMA does not pay
NAC members for their time, but will pay for or reimburse travel
expenses such as airfare, per diem to include hotel stays, and other
transportation costs within federal travel guidelines when pre-approved
by the Designated Federal Officer. NAC members must serve on one of the
three NAC Subcommittees, which meet regularly by teleconference. FEMA
estimates the total time commitment for subcommittee participation to
be 1-2 hours per week (more for NAC leadership).
DHS does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion,
sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender
identity, marital status, disability and genetic information, age,
membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factor. DHS
strives to achieve a widely diverse candidate pool for all of its
recruitment actions. Current DHS and FEMA employees, FEMA Reservists,
and DHS and FEMA contractors and potential contractors are not eligible
for membership. Federally registered lobbyists may apply for positions
designated as Representative appointments but are not eligible for
positions that are designated as SGE appointments.
Dated: February 9, 2017.
Robert J. Fenton,
Acting Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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