[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 171 (Friday, September 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 53334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22437]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Availability of Draft Director's Order Concerning 
National Park Service Policies and Procedures Governing its Value 
Analysis Program

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) has prepared a Director's 
Order setting forth its policies and procedures governing use of Value 
Analysis. When adopted, the policies and procedures will apply to all 
units of the national park system, and will supersede and replace the 
policies and procedures issued in July 1994.

DATES: Written comments will be accepted until September 19, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Draft Director's Order #90 is available on the Internet at 
http://www.nps.gov/refdesk/DOrders/index.htm. Requests for copies and 
written comments should be sent to Richard Turk, NPS Value Analysis 
Program Coordinator, Construction Program Management, P.O. Box 25287, 
12795 W. Alameda Parkway, Denver, CO 80225-0287, or to his Internet 
address: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rich Turk at (303) 969-2470.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS is updating its current system of 
internal written instructions. When these documents contain new policy 
or procedural requirements that may affect parties outside the NPS, 
they are first made available for public review and comment before 
being adopted. The policies and procedures governing Value Analysis 
have previously been published in the form of guideline NPS-90. That 
guideline will be superseded by the new Director's Order 90 (and a 
reference manual that will be issued subsequent to the Director's 
Order). The draft Director's Order covers topics such as the value 
analysis program, thresholds for application of value analysis for 
construction and non-construction projects, value engineering change 
proposals (VECP), annual report, plan of action, coordination, and 
funding.
    Individual respondents may request that we withhold their home 
address from the administrative record, which we will honor to the 
extent allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which we 
would withhold from the record a respondent's identity, as allowable by 
law. If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must 
state this prominently at the beginning of your comment.

    Dated: August 8, 2000.
Michael LeBorgne,
Program Manager, Construction Program Management, Office of the 
Associate Director, Professional Services.
[FR Doc. 00-22437 Filed 8-31-00; 8:45 am]
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