[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54568-54569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26339]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. 95-80; Notice 1]


Long Range Strategic Planning

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 
Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: NHTSA has prepared a Draft Strategic Execution Plan (SEP) that 
translates the mission, vision, values, and goals of the Agency's 
Strategic Plan into programs and activities. The Draft SEP covers a 
five year period. It spells out the priorities, measures of success and 
milestones that will guide the Agency toward attaining its vision of 
leading the nation to create the highest level of road safety in the 
world.
    This notice invites comments, suggestions and recommendations from 
all individuals and organizations that have an interest in highway 
safety, motor vehicle safety, the Agency's non- safety programs and 
other NHTSA activities. These comments should address the Draft SEP and 
provide substantive input on any elements of the draft for which the 
commenter has relevant information, data or expertise. The comments 
will be considered along with the Agency's Fiscal Year 1996 budget 
appropriation, in development of the final SEP.

DATES: Comments are due no later than December 26, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to the docket number of this notice 
and should be submitted to: Docket Section, NHTSA, Room 5109, Nassif 
Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590. (Docket hours 
are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eleanor A. Hunter, Strategic Planning 
Division, NPP-11, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 400 
Seventh Street SW., Washington DC 20590, telephone 202/366-2573, 
facsimile 202/366-2559. Copies of NHTSA's Strategic Plan and the Draft 
SEP are available on the Internet (NHTSA Home Page) or by written 
request (facsimile or letter) from Ms. Hunter.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA released its first Strategic Plan in 
December 1994. It provides a blueprint to take the Agency into the 
Twenty-first Century. The plan presents NHTSA's contribution to the 
Department of Transportation Strategic Plan by laying out a 
comprehensive, long-range approach to injury control. It provides fresh 
direction to the science, management, and public service of our task.
    NHTSA's Strategic Plan is a mix of traditional and new goals. NHTSA 
is committed to reducing the incidence and consequence of crashes, 
conducting research and data collection to support safety improvements, 
and assisting state and community safety programs. The goals 
articulated in the Agency's Strategic Plan include making motor vehicle 
safety a priority on the nation's health care agenda; serving customers 
and partners better; managing and using the best information resources 
and technology available; and maintaining a work force that is 
professional, innovative, and diverse. NHTSA's Strategic Plan 
reiterates the Agency's commitment to greater effectiveness and 
efficiency.
    In its Strategic Plan, NHTSA commits itself to working with other 
organizations and with citizens in an open cooperative atmosphere. The 
values articulated in the plan are characterized by integrity, 
professionalism, service, and respect for the people involved in 
NHTSA's mission.
    The mission reads as follows:

    The mission of the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration is to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce 
traffic-related health care and other economic costs. The Agency 
develops, promotes, and implements effective educational, 
engineering, and enforcement programs toward ending preventable 
tragedies and reducing the 

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economic costs associated with vehicle use and highway travel.

    NHTSA's Strategic Plan was developed with extensive input from the 
public and the employees of the Agency. Once the Strategic Plan was 
published, NHTSA distributed copies to numerous individuals and 
organizations and held roundtable meetings with our partners.
    Inspired by reactions to our Strategic Plan and a desire to move in 
new directions, NHTSA has developed a Draft Strategic Execution Plan 
(SEP). It provides details on the actions the Agency intends to take to 
achieve the 11 goals of the Strategic Plan, performance measures for 
our work, and milestones for accomplishment.
    The Agency would like commenters to provide their thoughts and 
suggestions on the proposed actions to meet the 11 goals as well as the 
performance measures that would be used to assess progress. We invite 
comments on issues or approaches to improving traffic and motor vehicle 
safety that are likely to be effective that are not in this plan. We 
are particularly interested in comments identifying opportunities for 
collaborative efforts with our partners to meet the goals and 
objectives of the Strategic Plan. The Agency is interested in receiving 
comments regarding how well the Draft SEP implements the Agency's 
current authorizing statutes. We would also welcome comments suggesting 
changes to the Draft SEP or any other changes, that would allow the 
Agency to better accomplish its mission, including those that would 
require regulatory or statutory revisions. In addition to comments, we 
request that commenters submit documents, analyses, or reference 
citations that are germane to the issues.
    It is requested, but not required that ten copies of each comment 
be submitted. We ask that comments not exceed 15 (fifteen) pages in 
length. (49 CFR 553.21). Necessary attachments may be appended to those 
submissions without regard to the 15 page limit. This limitation is 
intended to encourage commenters to detail their primary comments in a 
concise manner.
    All comments received before the close of business on the comment 
closing date listed above will be considered and will be available for 
examination in the docket room at the above address both before and 
after that date. To the extent possible, comments filed after the 
closing date will be considered. The Agency will continue to file 
relevant information as it becomes available. It is recommended that 
interested persons continue to examine the docket for new material. 
Those people desiring to be notified upon receipt of their comments by 
the docket section should include a self-addressed, stamped postcard in 
the envelope with their comments. Upon receipt of their comments, the 
docket supervisor will return the postcard by mail.

    Issued on October 17, 1995.
Donald C. Bischoff,
Associate Administrator for Plans and Policy.
[FR Doc. 95-26339 Filed 10-23-95; 8:45 am]
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