[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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