[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 133 (Thursday, July 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 37332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15016]


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FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE

[Docket No.: FMCS-2021-2]


Availability of Draft Strategic Plan and Request for Public 
Comment

AGENCY: Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS).

ACTION: Notice of availability of Draft Strategic Plan; request for 
comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) 
announces the availability of its draft Strategic Plan for 2022-2026. 
The Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, as amended by the 
GPRA Modernization Act of 2010, requires that Federal Agencies solicit 
input from interested stakeholders when developing their Strategic 
Plans. Therefore, FMCS invites the general public and other Federal 
Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on FMCS's draft Strategic 
Plan.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 16, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by FMCS-2021-2, by any of 
the following methods:
     Mail: Office of Budget, FMCS, Floor 7, One Independence 
Square, 250 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20427.
     Email: [email protected]. Include FMCS-2021-2 on the 
subject line of the message.
    Please note that at this time, the FMCS office is not open for 
visitors and mail is not checked daily. Therefore, we encourage emailed 
comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Will Shields, 202-606-3635, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FMCS's mission is to:
     Promote the development of sound and stable labor 
management relationships;
     Prevent or minimize work stoppages by assisting labor and 
management to settle their disputes through mediation;
     Advocate collective bargaining, mediation and voluntary 
arbitration as the preferred processes for settling issues between 
employers and representatives of employees;
     Develop and advocate the art, science and practice of 
conflict resolution through the use of ADR;
     Assist parties in conflict through the provision of 
conflict resolution services; and
     Foster the establishment and maintenance of constructive 
joint processes to improve labor-management relationships, employment 
security and organizational effectiveness.
    The draft Strategic Plan sets out how FMCS will pursue its 
strategic goals and is available at https://www.fmcs.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2022-2026-FMCS-Strategic-Plan-v02.pdf. FMCS anticipates 
publishing its 2022-2026 Strategic Plan in February 2022 and making it 
available on the FMCS website, www.fmcs.gov, at that time.

    Dated: July 9, 2021.
William H. Shields,
Budget Director.
[FR Doc. 2021-15016 Filed 7-14-21; 8:45 am]
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