[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5640-5641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02486]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2014-0022]


Technical Mapping Advisory Council

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Committee management; request for applicants for appointment to 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Technical Mapping Advisory 
Council.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is requesting 
qualified individuals interested in serving on the Technical Mapping 
Advisory Council (TMAC) to apply for appointment. As provided for in 
the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, the TMAC makes 
recommendations to the FEMA Administrator on how to improve, in a cost-
effective manner, the accuracy, general quality, ease of use, and 
distribution and dissemination of flood insurance rate maps (FIRMs) and 
risk data; and improve performance metrics and milestones required to 
effectively and efficiently map flood risk areas in the United States. 
Applicants will be considered for one of ten vacancies on the TMAC. 
Appointments will be for terms beginning October 1, 2018, and lasting 
two years.

DATES: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. EST on March 12, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Applications for membership should be submitted by one of 
the following methods:
     Email: [email protected].
     Mail: FEMA, Federal Insurance and Mitigation 
Administration, Risk Management Directorate, Attn: Mark Crowell, 400 C 
Street SW, Suite 313, Washington, DC 20472-3020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Crowell (Designated Federal 
Officer for the TMAC); FEMA, Federal Insurance and Mitigation 
Administration, Risk Management Directorate, 400 C Street SW, Suite 
313, Washington, DC 20472-3020; telephone: (202) 646-3432; and email: 
[email protected]. The TMAC website is: http://www.fema.gov/TMAC.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The TMAC is an advisory committee that was 
established by the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, 
42 U.S.C. 4101a, and in accordance with provisions of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92-463). The TMAC 
is required to make recommendations to FEMA on mapping-related issues 
and activities. This includes mapping standards and guidelines, 
performance metrics and milestones, map maintenance, interagency and 
intergovernmental coordination, map accuracy, funding strategies, and 
other mapping-related issues and activities. In addition, the TMAC is 
required to submit an annual report to the FEMA Administrator that 
contains: (1) A description of the activities of the Council; (2) an 
evaluation of the status and performance of flood insurance rate maps 
and mapping activities to revise and update Flood Insurance Rate Maps; 
and (3) a summary of recommendations made by the Council to the FEMA 
Administrator.
    Members of the TMAC will be appointed based on their demonstrated 
knowledge and competence regarding surveying, cartography, remote 
sensing, geographic information systems, or the technical aspects of 
preparing and using FIRMs. To the maximum extent practicable, FEMA will 
ensure that membership of the TMAC has a balance of Federal, State, 
local, Tribal, and private members, and includes geographic diversity.
    FEMA is requesting qualified individuals who are interested in 
serving on the TMAC to apply for appointment. Applicants will be 
considered for appointment for ten vacancies on the TMAC, the terms of 
which start on October 1, 2018. Certain members of the TMAC, as 
indicated below, will be appointed to serve as Special Government 
Employees (SGE) as defined in section 202(a) of title 18 United States 
Code. Candidates selected for appointment as SGEs are required to 
complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Form (Office of Government 
Ethics (OGE) Form 450). This form can be obtained by visiting the 
website of the Office of Government Ethics (http://www.oge.gov). Please 
do not submit this form with your application. Qualified applicants 
will be considered for one or more of the following membership 
categories with vacancies:
    a. One representative of a State government agency that has entered 
into a cooperating technical partnership with the FEMA Administrator 
and has demonstrated the capability to produce FIRMs;
    b. One member of a recognized professional surveying association or 
organization (SGE appointment);
    c. One member of a recognized professional mapping association or 
organization (SGE appointment);
    d. One member of a recognized professional engineering association 
or organization (SGE appointment);
    e. One representative of a State national flood insurance 
coordination office;
    f. Two representatives of local government agency that has entered 
into a cooperating technical partnership with the FEMA Administrator 
and has demonstrated the capability to produce FIRMs;
    g. One member of a recognized floodplain management association or 
organization (SGE appointment);
    h. One member of a recognized risk management association or 
organization (SGE appointment); and
    i. One State mitigation officer (SGE appointment).
    Members of the TMAC serve terms of office for two years. There is 
no application form. However, applications must include the following 
information:
     The applicant's full name,
     home and business phone numbers,
     preferred email address,
     home and business mailing addresses,
     current position title and organization,
     resume or curriculum vitae, and

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     the membership category of interest (e.g., member of a 
recognized professional association or organization representing flood 
hazard determination firms).
    Applicants can submit a cover letter along with their resume to the 
listed contact (i.e. the POC listed in the Further Information section 
of the FR notice).
    The TMAC shall meet as often as needed to fulfill its mission, but 
not less than twice a year. Members may be reimbursed for travel and 
per diem incurred in the performance of their duties as members of the 
TMAC. All travel for TMAC business must be approved in advance by the 
Designated Federal Officer.
    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not discriminate in 
employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, 
political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital 
status, disability and genetic information, age, membership in an 
employee organization, or other non-merit factor. DHS strives to 
achieve a widely diverse candidate pool for all its recruitment 
actions. Current DHS and FEMA employees will not be considered for 
membership. Federally registered lobbyists will not be considered for 
SGE appointments.

    Dated: January 31, 2018.
Roy Wright,
Associate Administrator, Federal Insurance and Mitigation 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-02486 Filed 2-7-18; 8:45 am]
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