[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 188 (Tuesday, September 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 51891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26031]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service, USDA


Government Performance and Results Act Strategic Plan: Year 2000 
Revision

AGENCY: Forest Service.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA) 
requires the Forest Service to ask for the views and suggestions of 
anyone ``potentially affected by or interested in'' the Agency's 
strategic plan. In addition to announcements in the popular media and 
outreach through a variety of networks to individuals and 
organizations, the Strategic Planning and Resource Assessment Staff, in 
partnership with Agency field personnel, will be hosting a series of 
public meetings to solicit input about the goals and objectives for the 
Forest Service Strategic Plan (GPRA 2000 Revision). This notice 
announces public meetings for that purpose and provides information 
about where to send written comments.

DATES: The public meetings will be held in Albuquerque, NM (December 1, 
1998); Atlanta, GA (November 10, 1998); Chicago, IL (November 18, 
1998); Denver, CO (December 3, 1998); Los Angeles, CA (October 20, 
1998); Seattle, WA (October 27, 1998); and Washington, DC (November 4, 
1998). Public meetings will begin at 9 a.m. at each of the above 
locations and continue until 4 p.m., with appropriate breaks, on the 
dates indicated. Additional information about who to contact for more 
specific information about public meetings is listed in the table under 
Supplementary Information.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the development of the Forest Service 
strategic play may be sent to Kathryn P. Maloney, Director, Strategic 
Planning and Resource Assessment Staff, USDA Forest Service, PO Box 
96090, Washington, DC 20090-6090 or via internet at http://
www.resources.program/[email protected]">www.resources.program/[email protected]. Written comments also may be faxed 
to (202) 205-1546. Additional information about the current (1997) 
strategic plan can be found on the internet on the Strategic Planning 
and Resource Assessment Staff Home Page at http://www.fs.fed.us/pl/rpa.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For additional information concerning pubic meetings, contact Rod Kuhn 
of the Strategic Planning and Resource Assessment Staff, Washington, DC 
at (202) 205-1033 or via internet at rkuhn/[email protected]. For additional 
information about submission or written comments for the Forest Service 
Strategic Plan (GPRA 2000 Revision), contact Nancy Osborne of the 
Strategic Planning and Resource Assessment Staff, Washington, DC at 
(202) 205-1292 or via internet at nosborne/[email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Member of the public interest in attending 
public meeting may contact Forest Service employees at the following 
locations for additional information:

                            USDA Forest Service Public Meeting Locations and Contacts
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            Location                           Date                                Local contact
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Albuquerque, NM.................  December 1, 1998..............  Parks Hilliard--(505) 842-3202.
Atlanta, GA.....................  November 10, 1998.............  Bob Wilhelm--(404) 347-7076.
Chicago, IL.....................  November 18, 1998.............  Mike Prouty--(612) 649-5276.
Denver, CO......................  December 3, 1998..............  Pam Skeals--(303) 275-5152.
Los Angeles, CA.................  October 20, 1998..............  Mike Srago--(415) 705-2855.
Seattle, WA.....................  October 27, 1998..............  Dick Phillips--(503) 808-2281.
Washington, DC..................  November 4, 1998..............  Rod Kuhn--(202) 205-1033.
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    Public meetings will focus on the suitability of the three goals in 
the Agency's current strategic plan (Ensure sustainable ecosystems; 
Provide multiple benefits for people within the capabilities of 
ecosystems; and, Ensure organizational effectiveness); the nature of 
the long-term priorities or objectives needed to meet those goals; what 
Agency managers should focus on as critical indicators of success or 
failure in relation to the goals and objectives of the strategic plan; 
the most important outcomes or future resource conditions on which the 
Agency should focus; and any other issues and concerns that should be 
considered in the development of a revised strategic plan.

    Dated: September 24, 1998.
Sandra H. Key,
Acting Deputy Chief, Programs and Legislation.
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