[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5682-5683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01904]


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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) requests that 
qualified individuals 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 developing and revising 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 nine (9) discipline-specific positions on the NAC and up 
to four (4) 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. Eastern Time on 
March 13, 2020.

ADDRESSES: The preferred method for application package submission is 
by email. Application packages may also be submitted by U.S. Mail. 
Please submit by only one of the following methods:
     Email: FEMA-NAC@fema.dhs.gov. Save materials in one file 
using the naming convention, ``Last Name_First Name_NAC Application'' 
and attach to the email.
     U.S. Mail: Office of the National Advisory Council, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 
20472-3184.
    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: Jasper Cooke, 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; 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 interested 
in and qualified to serve on the NAC apply for appointment to an open 
position in one of the following discipline areas: Disabilities, Access 
and Functional Needs (Representative); Elected Tribal Government 
Official (Representative); Non-Elected Tribal Government Official 
(Representative); Emergency Management (Representative); Emergency 
Response Provider (Representative); Health Scientist (Special 
Government Employee (SGE)); Infrastructure Protection (SGE); and 
Standards Setting and Accrediting (Two Representatives or Regular 
Government Employees (RGE)). The Administrator may appoint up to four 
(4) additional candidates to serve as FEMA Administrator Selections (as 
SGE appointments). Please visit https://www.fema.gov/membership-applications for further information on expertise required to fill 
these positions. Appointments will be for three-year terms that start 
in December 2020.
    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. 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;
     A summary of the most important accomplishments that 
qualify you to serve on the NAC, in the form of three to five (3-5) 
bullets in less than 75 words total;
     Resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV); and
     One Letter of Recommendation addressed to the Office of 
the NAC.
    Your application package must be less than eight (8) pages to be 
considered by FEMA. Information contained in your application package 
should indicate clearly 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 an SGE as defined in section 202(a) 
of title 18, U.S.C., as a Representative member, or as an RGE. SGEs 
speak in a personal capacity 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 
new entrant Confidential Financial Disclosure Form (Office of 
Government Ethics (OGE) Form 450) each year. You can find this form at 
the Office of Government Ethics website (http://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 may 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 
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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 two (2) hours per week 
(more for NAC leadership).
    DHS does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, 
sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital 
status, political affiliation, 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, including FEMA 
Reservists, 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.

Pete Gaynor,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2020-01904 Filed 1-30-20; 8:45 am]
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