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intervention, or may use grant
administrative data for evaluation.
Finally, FEMA would also be interested
in learning of ongoing or current studies
that are in process, for which study
findings will not be available at the time
that comments in response to this notice
are due, such as research question being
addressed, sample size, study timeline,
and registry where the study findings
will be made available.
This information will assist FEMA
understand existing empirical and other
evidence, methods being utilized,
available data, and research gaps to
prioritize future evaluation funding.
This will also help FEMA understand if
this is an area where limited research
and evaluation is available.
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III. List of Questions for Commenters
FEMA seeks information on the
following: (1) Existing evidence
regarding HSGP effectiveness, and (2)
Evidence from other programs or
research areas that FEMA can rely upon
to expand or revise the HSGP research
agenda, such as by changing how FEMA
and HSGP grantees and subgrantees
measure outputs/outcomes, assess
capacity/capability, and use grants
administrative data for evaluation.
Priority Research Questions for FEMA
on HSGP include:
1. What studies and evidence exist on
assessing HSGP outcomes? What are the
study, findings, sample, and methods
employed? Is there a URL(s) publicly
available with the study report and
information?
2. What meta-analysis and/or
summaries of evidence exist on the
HSGP program?
Supporting questions specific to
HSGP:
3. What outputs and outcomes are
HSGP grants achieving?
4. How well does HSGP funding help
build and sustain core capabilities?
(https://www.fema.gov/core-capabilitydevelopment-sheets)
5. How does HSGP funding affect
identified capability gaps?
6. Which HSGP funding activities
most effectively close capability gaps?
7. How do participants’ KSAs
(knowledge, skills, and abilities) change
after completing an HSGP-funded
training, after creating or enhancing an
HSGP-funded plan, and/or after
completing an HSGP-funded exercise?
8. How does HSGP funding influence
grant recipient preparedness?
9. How well do HSGP investments
contribute to preparedness for and
response to real world incidents?
10. How well have HSGP projects
reduced the risk of real-world incidents?
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Broader Research Questions
Outputs/Outcomes/Benefits/Success
metrics:
11. FEMA is interested in
performance management and program
evaluations conducted by HSGP award
recipients, beyond what is reported to
FEMA. What additional output and
outcome measurements have been
determined as crucial to determining
program results and are beyond FEMA
reporting requirements? What were the
results of evaluations, if conducted?
12. What are the best output and
outcome metrics to measure prevention
of either a human-caused or natural
incident (e.g., terrorism, cyber-attack,
hurricane)?
13. What are the best output and
outcome metrics to measure the
reduction of risk posed by terrorism or
other incidents?
14. What is the best way to measure
the quality of a planning document and
to measure the improvement in outputs
and outcomes resulting from the
planning document’s creation?
15. What is the best way to use
exercises to measure change or
improvement through exercises?
Capacity/Capability Assessments:
16. Are there specific interventions
that would more properly be the subject
of HSGP funding? What is the best way
to measure improvements in grant
recipient capabilities due to grant
funding?
17. With respect to specific
interventions that might properly be the
subject of HSGP funding, if measuring
change through self-reported
assessments, what is a feasible
expectation for magnitude of
improvement within a specified
timeframe?
18. Please provide examples of
instruments provided to grant recipients
for self-assessments and which result in
information that is useful for both grant
recipients and funders. Of particular
interest are instruments that can be
implemented by users with a wide range
of evaluation or measurement
experience (i.e., none to expert).
Grant Administration & Evaluation:
19. Have formula or block grants
(grants not competitively awarded) been
successfully evaluated for effectiveness?
What was the study design and sample,
and what were the findings?
20. How do Federal agencies use
administrative data to understand grant
effectiveness in instances when grant
implementation is at the state and local
level?
Evidence on Program Impacts and
Grant Effectiveness
21. Have impact evaluations been
conducted that look at the difference
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between a control or comparison group
and the treatment group? What are the
study research question(s), design,
sample, and findings? Where can more
information on the study be found?
Dissemination of Results:
FEMA staff developed the RFI
questions and will analyze the
responses. We expect the analysis
period to deepen our vision and
understanding of the relationships
between homeland security grants and
overall preparedness.
Rights to Materials Submitted: By
submitting material in response to this
RFI, the respondent is agreeing to grant
DHS a worldwide, royalty-free,
perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive
license to use the material and to make
it publicly available. Further, the
respondent agrees that it owns, has a
valid license, or is otherwise authorized
to provide the material to DHS.
This RFI is issued for information and
planning purposes only and does not
constitute an offer by the Federal
Government to fund, as a whole or in
part, the opportunities referenced
herein. This RFI does not represent a
pre-solicitation synopsis or a
solicitation and does not constitute a
request for proposal or request for quote.
The Federal Government will not pay
for any information or administrative
costs incurred in responding to this RFI;
all costs associated with responding to
this RFI will be solely at the interested
party’s expense. Any response received
will not be used as a proposal or quote.
The responses to this RFI will be
reviewed by the Federal Government
and may be used to develop
requirements for future needs.
Pete Gaynor,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND
ALASKA NATIVE CULTURE AND ARTS
DEVELOPMENT
Request for Nominations to the Board
of Trustees
Institute of American Indian
and Alaska Native Culture and Arts
Development (aka Institute of American
Indian Arts).
ACTION: Notice; request for nominations.
AGENCY:
The Board directs the
Administration of the Institute of
American Indian and Alaska Native
Culture and Arts Development,
including soliciting, accepting, and
SUMMARY:
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that we receive during the public
comment period.
DATES: We must receive your written
comments on or before July 13, 2020.
ADDRESSES:
Obtaining Documents: The draft
categorical exclusion (draft CatEx), draft
habitat conservation plan (HCP), and
any comments and other materials that
we receive are available for public
inspection at https://
www.regulations.gov in Docket No.
FWS–R8–ES–2020–0021.
Submitting Comments: To send
written comments, please use one of the
following methods, and note that your
information requests or comments are in
reference to the draft CatEx, draft HCP,
or both.
• Internet: Submit comments at
https://www.regulations.gov under
Docket No. FWS–R8–ES–2020–0021.
• U.S. Mail: Public Comments
Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R8–
ES–2020–0021; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service Headquarters, MS: PRB/3W;
5275 Leesburg Pike; Falls Church, VA
22041–3803.
For more information, see Public
Comments under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
Background Information
Fish and Wildlife Service
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Proposed Action Alternative
[Docket No. FWS–R8–ES–2020–0021;
FF08ESMF00–FXES11140800000–189]
Timothy Ludwick, Senior Wildlife
Biologist, or Patricia Cole, Chief, San
Joaquin Valley Division, Sacramento
Fish and Wildlife Office, by phone at
916–414–6600 or via the Federal Relay
Service at 800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service),
announce the availability of a draft
categorical exclusion (CatEx), prepared
pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA;
42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and its
implementing regulations in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) at 40 CFR
1506.6. This notice also announces the
receipt of an application from the
Stanislaus Regional Water Authority
(SRWA; applicant), for a 10-year
incidental take permit (ITP) under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Application for the permit requires the
preparation of an HCP with measures to
avoid, minimize, and mitigate the
impacts of incidental take to the
maximum extent practicable. The
applicant prepared the draft SRWA
Water Supply Project Low Effect Habitat
Conservation Plan (draft HCP) pursuant
to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA. The
purpose of the CatEx is to assess the
effects of issuing the permit and
implementing the draft HCP on the
natural and human environment.
disposing of gifts, bequests, and other
properties for the benefit of the Institute.
The Institute provides scholarly study of
and instruction in Indian art and culture
and establishes programs which
culminate in the awarding of degrees in
the various fields of Indian art and
culture. The Board consists of thirteen
members appointed by the President of
the United States, by and with the
consent of the U.S. Senate, who are
American Indians or persons
knowledgeable in the field of Indian art
and culture. This notice requests
nominations to fill one expiring term on
the Board of Trustees.
ADDRESSES: Institute of American Indian
Arts, 83 Avan Nu Po Road, Santa Fe,
New Mexico 87508.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Robert Martin, President, 505–424–
2301.
Dated: June 5, 2020.
Robert Martin,
President.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Stanislaus Regional Water Authority
Water Supply Project, Stanislaus
County, California; Draft Categorical
Exclusion and Draft Habitat
Conservation Plan
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of permit
application; request for comment.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, announce the
availability of a draft categorical
exclusion under the National
Environmental Policy Act. We also
announce receipt of an application for
an incidental take permit under the
Endangered Species Act (ESA), and
receipt of a draft habitat conservation
plan. The Stanislaus Regional Water
Authority (SWRA) has applied for an
incidental take permit under the ESA
for the SRWA Water Supply Project in
Stanislaus County, California. The
permit would authorize the take of one
species incidental to the construction,
operation, and maintenance of the
project. We invite the public and local,
State, Tribal, and Federal agencies to
comment on this application. Before
issuing the requested permit, we will
take into consideration any information
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Section 9 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531–
1544 et seq.) prohibits the taking of fish
and wildlife species listed as
endangered under section 4 of the ESA;
by regulation, this take prohibition also
applies to certain species listed as
threatened, including the Valley
elderberry longhorn beetle. 50 CFR
17.31(a). Regulations governing permits
for endangered and threatened species
are at 50 CFR 17.22 and 17.32. For more
about the Federal habitat conservation
plan (HCP) program, go to https://
www.fws.gov/endangered/esa-library/
pdf/hcp.pdf.
National Environmental Policy Act
Compliance
The proposed permit issuance triggers
the need for compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA; 42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.). The draft CatEx was
prepared to analyze the impacts of
issuing an ITP based on the draft HCP
and to inform the public of the proposed
action, any alternatives, and associated
impacts, and to disclose any irreversible
commitments of resources.
Under the Proposed Action
Alternative, the Service would issue an
ITP to the applicant for a period of 10
years for certain covered activities
(described below). The applicant has
requested an ITP for one covered
species (described below), which is
listed as threatened under the ESA.
Habitat Conservation Plan Area
The geographic scope of the draft HCP
encompasses 16 acres, including the
entire footprint needed to complete the
project. The project would result in the
installation of 3,900 feet of pipeline in
the unincorporated portion of central
Stanislaus County, California.
Covered Activities
The proposed section 10 ITP would
allow take of one covered species from
covered activities in the proposed HCP
area. The applicant is requesting
incidental take authorization for
covered activities, including site
preparation, construction, and access
road maintenance in the project area.
The applicant is proposing to
implement a number of project design
features, including best management
practices, as well as general and speciesspecific avoidance and minimization
measures to minimize the impacts of the
take from the covered activities.
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[Notices]
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INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE CULTURE AND ARTS
DEVELOPMENT
Request for Nominations to the Board of Trustees
AGENCY: Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts
Development (aka Institute of American Indian Arts).
ACTION: Notice; request for nominations.
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SUMMARY: The Board directs the Administration of the Institute of
American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development,
including soliciting, accepting, and
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disposing of gifts, bequests, and other properties for the benefit of
the Institute. The Institute provides scholarly study of and
instruction in Indian art and culture and establishes programs which
culminate in the awarding of degrees in the various fields of Indian
art and culture. The Board consists of thirteen members appointed by
the President of the United States, by and with the consent of the U.S.
Senate, who are American Indians or persons knowledgeable in the field
of Indian art and culture. This notice requests nominations to fill one
expiring term on the Board of Trustees.
ADDRESSES: Institute of American Indian Arts, 83 Avan Nu Po Road, Santa
Fe, New Mexico 87508.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Robert Martin, President, 505-424-
2301.
Dated: June 5, 2020.
Robert Martin,
President.
[FR Doc. 2020-12667 Filed 6-10-20; 8:45 am]
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