Notice2024-10718
Advisory Committee for Science Quality and Integrity; Call for Nominations; Second Extension
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Published
May 16, 2024
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Interior DepartmentGeological Survey
Abstract
The Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), is seeking nominations for the Federal Advisory Committee for Science Quality and Integrity (Committee). The Committee will advise the Secretary of the Interior and the USGS Director on matters related to the responsibilities of the USGS Office of Science Quality and Integrity (OSQI) including monitoring and enhancing the integrity, quality, and health of all USGS science. This is a second 30-day extension of the call for nominations published in the Federal Register on February 26, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 96 (Thursday, May 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42898-42899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10718]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX24AC0000EXP00]
Advisory Committee for Science Quality and Integrity; Call for
Nominations; Second Extension
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Call for nominations; second extension.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
is seeking nominations for the Federal
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Advisory Committee for Science Quality and Integrity (Committee). The
Committee will advise the Secretary of the Interior and the USGS
Director on matters related to the responsibilities of the USGS Office
of Science Quality and Integrity (OSQI) including monitoring and
enhancing the integrity, quality, and health of all USGS science. This
is a second 30-day extension of the call for nominations published in
the Federal Register on February 26, 2024.
DATES: The nomination period announced on April 10, 2024 (89 FR 25279)
is extended. Nominations for membership on the Committee must be
received no later than June 17, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit nominations by any of the following methods:
Mail nominations to Joanne Taylor, U.S. Geological Survey, Office of
Science Quality and Integrity, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mailstop
911, Reston, VA 20192; or email nominations to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#81ebe2f5e0f8edeef3c1f4f2e6f2afe6eef7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cda7aeb9acb4a1a2bf8db8beaabee3aaa2bb">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanne Taylor, by mail at the U.S.
Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mailstop 911, Reston, VA
20192; by telephone at 703-648-6837; or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#63090017021a0f0c1123161004104d040c15"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cea4adbaafb7a2a1bc8ebbbda9bde0a9a1b8">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee is established under the
authority of the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) and regulated by
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. ch. 10). The
Committee's duties are strictly advisory and will include advising on:
(a) Identification of key scientific quality and integrity processes to
advance the USGS mission; (b) effective mechanisms for engaging the
next-generation USGS workforce and others through the Youth and
Education in Science (YES) program and with other Federal agencies in
STEM and underserved communities; (c) the nature and effectiveness of
mechanisms to provide oversight of science quality within USGS
laboratories; and (d) mechanisms that may be employed by the USGS to
ensure high standards of science quality and integrity in its programs
and products.
The Committee will meet approximately one to two times per year.
The Committee will consist of no more than 15 members appointed by the
Secretary who represent the diversity of this nation's constituencies,
and include the following interests:
<bullet> Local and State governments;
<bullet> Non-governmental organizations;
<bullet> Native American, Native Alaskan, and Native Hawaiian
organizations, including representatives from Tribal governments and
Tribal colleges;
<bullet> Academia; and
<bullet> Other stakeholders and sectors, including private
industry, that make use of USGS science including, but not limited to,
areas including laboratory sciences, natural resource managers, natural
hazards protections, and wildlife organizations.
The Committee may include scientific experts and will include
rotating representation from one or more local, Tribal, State,
regional, and/or national organizations.
Nominations should include a resume providing an adequate
description of the nominee's qualifications, including information that
would enable the Department of the Interior (DOI) to make an informed
decision regarding meeting the membership requirements of the Committee
and to permit a potential member to be contacted.
Members of the Committee serve without compensation. However, while
away from their homes or regular places of business, Committee and
subcommittee members engaged in Committee or subcommittee business that
the DFO approves may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in
lieu of subsistence, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5703, in the same manner
as persons employed intermittently in Federal Government service.
The original call for nominations was published in the Federal
Register (89 FR 14086) on February 26, 2024, with a 45-day nomination
period ending April 11, 2024. The nomination period was then extended
to May 10, 2024 (89 FR 25279). This notice provides additional time for
nominations (see DATES, above).
Authority: 5 U.S.C. ch. 10.
Craig R. Robinson,
Director, Office of Science Quality & Integrity, U.S. Geological
Survey.
[FR Doc. 2024-10718 Filed 5-15-24; 8:45 am]
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