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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Black Hills National Forest Advisory
Board
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Black Hills National
Forest Advisory Board (Board) will meet
in Rapid City, South Dakota. The
committee is established consistent with
and operates in compliance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act. The
purpose of the committee is to improve
collaborative relationships and to
provide advice and recommendations to
the Secretary of Agriculture through the
Black Hills National Forest Supervisor
on a broad range of forest issues. Board
information, including the meeting
agenda and the meeting summary/
minutes can be found at the following
website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/
blackhills/workingtogether/advisory
committees.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, March 11, 2020, at 1:00
p.m.
All meetings are subject to
cancellation. For updated status of
meeting prior to attendance, please
contact the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Forest Service Center, 8221 Mount
Rushmore Road, Rapid City, South
Dakota 57702.
Written comments may be submitted
as described under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. All comments, including
names and addresses, when provided,
are placed in the record and available
for public inspection and copying. The
public may inspect comments received
at the Black Hills National Forest
Supervisor’s Office. Please call ahead at
605–673–9200 to facilitate entry into the
building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott Jacobson, Committee Coordinator,
by phone at 605–440–1409 or by email
at sjjacobson@fs.fed.us.
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.,
Eastern Standard Time, Monday
through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the meeting is to provide:
(1) Orientation Topic: FY20 Forest
Budget;
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(2) Forest Sustainability Discussion;
(3) Timber Sustainability Working
Group;
(4) Black Hills Fish Management Plan;
and
(5) Trail Rangers and Trail
Maintenance Program.
The meeting is open to the public. If
time allows, the public may make oral
statements of three minutes or less.
Individuals wishing to make an oral
statement should submit a request in
writing by March 2, 2020, to be
scheduled on the agenda. Anyone who
would like to bring related letters to the
attention of the Board may file written
statements with the Board’s staff before
or after the meeting. Written comments
and time requests for oral comments
must be sent to Scott Jacobson, Black
Hills National Forest Supervisor’s
Office, 1019 North Fifth Street, Custer,
South Dakota 57730; by email to
sjjacobson@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to
605–673–9208.
Meeting Accommodations: If you are
a person requiring reasonable
accommodation, please make requests
in advance for sign language
interpreting, assistive listening devices,
or other reasonable accommodation for
access to the facility or proceedings by
contacting the person listed in the
section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. All reasonable
accommodation requests are managed
on a case by case basis.
Dated: February 25, 2020.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Institute of Food and
Agriculture
Solicitation of Input From Stakeholders
on Agency Services
National Institute of Food and
Agriculture, USDA.
ACTION: Request for written stakeholder
input.
AGENCY:
The National Institute of Food
and Agriculture (NIFA) is requesting
written stakeholder input on agency
services.
The purpose of this Notice is to assist
NIFA in optimizing delivery of services
and better serve stakeholders’ and
partners’ research, extension, and
education needs. NIFA plans to
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consider all stakeholder input received
in response to this Notice.
Submission of stakeholder input
to the target questions will be open
upon publishing of the Notice through
5 p.m. Eastern time April 03, 2020.
Comments: Written comments are due
by 5 p.m. Eastern time April 03, 2020.
Written comments must be emailed to
NIFAProjectCAFE@usda.gov with the
Subject Title, ‘‘NIFA Service Delivery
Input.’’ Comments received after that
date will be considered to the extent
practicable.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Hoffman, 202–401–1112
(phone), NIFAProjectCAFE@usda.gov.
As NIFA
enters its second decade, the agency
seeks stakeholder input on how to
optimize delivery of services in order to
enhance NIFA’s ability to provide
excellent customer service to external
and internal partners. This stakeholder
input opportunity informs the
effectiveness and efficiency of NIFA by
optimizing service delivery approaches
to be aligned with current business
practices and technologies in order to
better meet the agency’s mission of
investing in and advancing agricultural
research, education, and extension to
solve societal challenges.
Stakeholders are asked to respond to
the following questions:
(1.) How can NIFA improve delivery
of capacity programs in order to best
support research and extension?
(2.) What changes should NIFA
consider regarding implementation of
competitive programs?
(3.) How can NIFA increase
transparency and effectiveness?
(4.) What steps can NIFA take to
enhance customer experience?
NIFA welcomes stakeholder input
from any group or individual interested
in the agency’s delivery of services.
NIFA is eager to listen to stakeholder’s
comments on solutions and
opportunities that will facilitate a more
efficient and customer focused NIFA in
the near future and beyond. This input
opportunity will focus only on NIFA’s
delivery of services.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Done at Washington, DC, this 20th day of
February 2020.
Stephen L. Censky,
Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Solicitation of Input From Stakeholders on Agency Services
AGENCY: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA.
ACTION: Request for written stakeholder input.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is
requesting written stakeholder input on agency services.
The purpose of this Notice is to assist NIFA in optimizing delivery
of services and better serve stakeholders' and partners' research,
extension, and education needs. NIFA plans to consider all stakeholder
input received in response to this Notice.
DATES: Submission of stakeholder input to the target questions will be
open upon publishing of the Notice through 5 p.m. Eastern time April
03, 2020.
Comments: Written comments are due by 5 p.m. Eastern time April 03,
2020. Written comments must be emailed to [email protected] with
the Subject Title, ``NIFA Service Delivery Input.'' Comments received
after that date will be considered to the extent practicable.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Hoffman, 202-401-1112 (phone),
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As NIFA enters its second decade, the agency
seeks stakeholder input on how to optimize delivery of services in
order to enhance NIFA's ability to provide excellent customer service
to external and internal partners. This stakeholder input opportunity
informs the effectiveness and efficiency of NIFA by optimizing service
delivery approaches to be aligned with current business practices and
technologies in order to better meet the agency's mission of investing
in and advancing agricultural research, education, and extension to
solve societal challenges.
Stakeholders are asked to respond to the following questions:
(1.) How can NIFA improve delivery of capacity programs in order to
best support research and extension?
(2.) What changes should NIFA consider regarding implementation of
competitive programs?
(3.) How can NIFA increase transparency and effectiveness?
(4.) What steps can NIFA take to enhance customer experience?
NIFA welcomes stakeholder input from any group or individual
interested in the agency's delivery of services. NIFA is eager to
listen to stakeholder's comments on solutions and opportunities that
will facilitate a more efficient and customer focused NIFA in the near
future and beyond. This input opportunity will focus only on NIFA's
delivery of services.
Done at Washington, DC, this 20th day of February 2020.
Stephen L. Censky,
Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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