[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: [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. 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
Designated Federal
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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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