[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 220 (Friday, November 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 68212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27007]


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 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


South Dakota Advisory Committee

AGENCY: United States Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Notice of period during which individuals may apply to be 
appointed to the South Dakota Advisory Committee; request for 
applications.

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SUMMARY: Because the terms of the members of the South Dakota Advisory 
Committee are expiring on April 18, 2015, the United States Commission 
on Civil Rights hereby invites any individual who is eligible to be 
appointed to apply. The memberships are exclusively for the South 
Dakota Advisory Committee, and applicants must be residents of South 
Dakota to be considered. Letters of interest must be received by the 
Rocky Mountain Regional Office of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 
no later than December 15, 2014. Letters of interest must be sent to 
the address listed below.

DATES: Letters of interest for membership on the Colorado Advisory 
Committee should be received no later than December 15, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Send letters of interest for the South Dakota Advisory 
Committee to: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Rocky Mountain Regional 
Office, 999 18th Street NW., Suite 1380 South, Denver, CO 80294. Letter 
can also be sent via email to Evelyn Bohor at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Mussatt, Chief, Regional 
Programs Unit, 55 W. Monroe St., Suite 410, Chicago, IL 60603, (312) 
353-8311. Questions can also be directed via email to 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The South Dakota Advisory Committees (SAC) 
are statutorily mandated federal advisory committees of the U.S. 
Commission on Civil Rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1975a. Under the 
charter for the SAC, the purpose is to provide advice and 
recommendations to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) on 
a broad range of civil rights matters in its state that pertain to 
alleged deprivations of voting rights or discrimination or denials of 
equal protection of the laws because of race, color, religion, sex, 
age, disability, or national origin, or the administration of justice. 
The SAC also provides assistance to the Commission in its statutory 
obligation to serve as a national clearinghouse for civil rights 
information.
    The SAC consists of not more than 19 members, each of whom will 
serve a two-year term. Members serve as unpaid Special Government 
Employees who are reimbursed for travel and expenses. To be eligible to 
be on the SAC, applicants must be residents of South Dakota and have 
demonstrated expertise or interest in civil rights issues.
    The Commission is an independent, bipartisan agency established by 
Congress in 1957 to focus on matters of race, color, religion, sex, 
age, disability, or national origin. Its mandate is to:
     Investigate complaints from citizens that their voting 
rights are being deprived,
     study and collect information about discrimination or 
denials of equal protection under the law,
     appraise federal civil rights laws and policies,
     serve as a national clearinghouse on discrimination laws,
     submit reports and findings and recommendations to the 
President and the Congress, and
     issue public service announcements to discourage 
discrimination.
    The Commission invites any individual who is eligible to be 
appointed a member of the South Dakota Advisory Committee covered by 
this notice to send a letter of interest and a resume to the address 
above.

    Dated: November 10, 2014.
David Mussatt,
Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
[FR Doc. 2014-27007 Filed 11-13-14; 8:45 am]
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