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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 69, No. 205

Monday, October 25, 2004

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of the USDA Technology and 

eGovernment Advisory Council 

Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. app 2, the United States 

Department of Agriculture announces a 

meeting of the USDA Technology and 

eGovernment Advisory Council. The 

Council will advise the Secretary and 

the Chief Information Officer in 

planning and developing strategies for 

technology and eGovernment Initiatives. 

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss 

USDA information technology 

investments as well as the current status 

and future of eGovernment Initiatives.

DATES: The USDA Technology and 

eGovernment Advisory Council will 

meet on November 9, 2004 from 8:30 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and November 10, 

2004 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Written 

comments for the public record will be 

welcomed before or up to two weeks 

after the meeting and should be 

submitted to the Contact Person in this 

notice. All comments will become part 

of the official record of the Advisory 

Council.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the Jamie L. Whitten Building, Room 

104A, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. Please send 

written comments to the Contact Person 

identified herein at: Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, 1400 Independence 

Ave., SW., Room 405W, Jamie L. 

Whitten Building, United States 

Department of Agriculture, Washington, 

DC 20250; and electronic comments to 

the Contact Person at: 

sandy.facinoli2@usda.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandy Facinoli, Designated Federal 

Official, USDA Technology and 

eGovernment Advisory Council; 

telephone: (202) 720–2786; fax: (202) 

205–2831.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

Tuesday and Wednesday, November 9, 

2004 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., the USDA 

Technology and eGovernment Advisory 

Council will hold a meeting at the Jamie 

L. Whitten Building, United States 

Department of Agriculture, 1400 

Independence Ave. SW, Washington, 

DC 20250. A copy of the agenda may be 

obtained by sending a request to the 

Contact Person in this notice. 

The Council meeting will be open to 

the public on November 9, 2004 from 10 

a.m. to 12 noon. Members of the public 

will be asked to register at the door. The 

meeting will be closed to the public on 

November 9, 2004 from 8:30 a.m. to 10 

a.m.; and from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; 

and on November 10, 2004 from 8:30 

a.m. to 12 noon and from 1:30 p.m. to 

4 p.m. so that the Council can conduct 

administrative matters.

Scott Charbo, 

Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–23829 Filed 10–22–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary 

Members of Performance Review 

Boards

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

appointment of members of the 

Performance Review Boards (PRB’s) for 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA). The USDA PRB’s ensure 

meaningful distinctions in performance 

as they review Senior Executive Service 

(SES) performance appraisals and make 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Agriculture, regarding final performance 

ratings, performance awards, salary 

adjustments, and Presidential Rank 

Awards for SES members.

DATES: Effective upon publication in the 

Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Holland, Office of Human 

Resources Management, Executive 

Resources and Services Division, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250, (202) 720–2101.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

publication of PRB membership is 

required by Section 4314(c)(4) of Title 5, 

U.S.C. The following membership list 

represents a standing register, from 

which specific PRB’s will be 

constituted.

Acevedo, Jose J. 

Aldaya, George W. 

Allen, Lindsay H. 

Alsop, James C. 

Anderson, Curtis M. 

Anderson, Byron E. 

Arnette, Donald E. 

Ashworth, Warren R. 

Axtell, Jeanne O. 

Bange, Gerald A. 

Barnes, Darlene L. 

Bartuska, Ann M. 

Bartz, Merlin E. 

Bass, Robert T. 

Bell, Charles W. 

Bell, Theodore O. 

Betschart, Antoinette A. 

Blackburn, Wilbert H. 

Blackwell, Jack, A. 

Blum, J. Lawrence 

Bosecker, Raymond R. 

Bost, Eric M. 

Bosworth, Dale N. 

Braasch, Sara J. 

Brady, George A. 

Brady, Terence M. 

Braley, James H. 

Brennan, Deborah L. 

Brewer, John G. 

Brouha, Paul 

Brown, Charles S. 

Bryant, Arthur Ray 

Bryson, Nancy S. 

Bschor, Dennis E. 

Bumbary-Langston, Inga P. 

Butler, Larry D. 

Buxton, Dwayne R. 

Cables, Rick D. 

Carey, Priscilla B. 

Carpenter, Barry L. 

Chadwick, Kristine M. 

Chambliss, Mary T. 

Charbo, Lawrence Scott 

Cherry, John P. 

Christensen, Thomas W. 

Cielo, Angel B. 

Clark, Lawrence E. 

Clay, William H. 

Clayton, Kenneth C. 

Cleaves, David A. 

Clifford, John R. 

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Cohen, Kenneth E. 

Cole, Darrell F. 

Coler, Katherine Anne 

Collins, Keith J. 

Collins, Sarah D. 

Collins, Wanda W. 

Conklin, Neilson C. 

Connelly, Steven A. 

Conner, Charles F. 

Conway, Roger K. 

Conway, Thomas 

Cooksie, Carolyn B. 

Coombe, Richard 

Cooper, George E. 

Coppedge, James R. 

Couvillion, Lynda A. 

Cunningham, Gary L. 

Dantzler, Marshall L. 

Davidson Jr., Ross J. 

Davis, Russell T. 

Dedrick, Allen R. 

Dehaven William R. 

Derfler, Philip S. 

Dewhurst, Stephen B. 

Diaz-Soltero, Hilda 

Dick, Jere L. 

Diez, Jose R. 

Donoghus, Linda R. 

Dorr, Thomas C. 

Duncan III, John P. 

Dunkle, Richard L. 

Eav, Bov Bang 

Ebaugh, Mary L. 

Eggert, Paul R. 

Elias, Thomas S. 

Engeljohn, Daniel L. 

Epstein, Robert L. 

Estill, Elizabeth 

Evans, Marlane T. 

Farrish, Hubert O. 

Fiala, Patricia K. 

Fleischman, Joyce N. 

Fong, Phyllis K. 

Forsgren II, Harvey L. 

Fowler, Jerry L. 

Frago, Douglas W. 

Frost, Alberta C. 

Fulton, Philip N. 

Gaibler, Floyd D. 

Garbarino, Joseph S.

Gause, Kathleen M. 

Gelburd, Diane E. 

Gipson, Chester A. 

Golden, Michael L. 

Golden, John 

Gomez, Christopher A. 

Gonzalez, Gilbert 

Goodman, Linda D. 

Gordh, Gordon 

Grahn, David P. 

Granger, Larry M. 

Gray, David R. 

Gray, Roy Mack 

Green, Alan S. 

Greene, Frank C. 

Gugulis, Katherine C. 

Guldin, Richard W. 

Gutierrez, Paul 

Haggstrom, Glenn D. 

Hagy III, William F. 

Hamer Jr., Hubert 

Hammond, Andrew C. 

Hanan, Tamara L. 

Hannah, Thomas E. 

Hanuschak, George A. 

Harrison, Alisa 

Hatch, David C. 

Hawk, Gilbert R. 

Hawks, William 

Healy, Patricia E. 

Heerwagen, David A. 

Hefferan, Colien J. 

Hennings, Carlos F. 

Hentges, Eric J. 

Hewings, Adrianna D. 

Hicks, Ronald F. 

Hill, Ronald W. 

Hinton-Henry, Annie S. 

Hobbie, Mary K. 

Hobbs, Alma C. 

Hoffeller, Thomas B. 

Hohenstein, William G. 

Holden, Ollice C. 

Holladay, Jon M. 

Holland, David G. 

Holman, Pred Dwight 

Holtrop, Joel D. 

House, James E. 

House, Carol C. 

Hudnall Jr., William J. 

Hulebak, Karen L. 

Jackson, Vicki A. 

Jackson, Keith D. 

Jackson, Ruthie F. 

Jacobs, Robert 

James, William O. 

Jen, Joseph 

Jennings, Allen L. 

Jett, Carole E. 

Johnsen, Peter B. 

Johnson, John A. 

Johnson, Elizabeth K. 

Johnson, Phyllis E. 

Jordan, John P. 

Kaiser, Janette S. 

Kaplan, Dennis L. 

Kappes, Steven M. 

Kashdan, Hank 

Keeney, Robert C. 

Kelly, James Michael 

Kimbell, Abigail R. 

King, Jessie L. 

King Jr., Edgar G. 

Knight, Bruce I. 

Knipling, Edward B. 

Korcak, Ronald F. 

Kronenberger Jr., Donald R. 

Kugler, Daniel E. 

Kuhn, Betsey A. 

Lambert, Charles D. 

Lange, Loren D. 

Leaman, Samuel R. 

Legg, Hilda G. 

Leland, Arlean 

Levings, Randall 

Lewis, David N. 

Lilja, Janice Grassmuck 

Linden, Ralph A. 

Lindsay, Jerome A. 

Little, James R.

Lohfink, Cyrus G. 

Lopez, John 

Ludwig, William E. 

Lugo, Ariel E. 

Maczka, Carol A. 

Maloney, Kathryn P. 

Mangold, Robert D. 

Mann, Curt J. 

Manning, Gloria 

Maresch, Wayne M. 

Margheim, Gary A. 

Marlow, Ronald L. 

Martinez, Wilda H. 

Masters, Barbara J. 

Maupin, Gary T. 

Mausbach, Maurice J. 

Mazie, Sara M. 

McCaskey, Patrick C. 

McClanahan, Melinda L. 

McDill, Norma R. 

McPhail-Gray, Mary 

Mendoza Jr., Martin 

Messmore, Karen 

Mezainis, Valdis E. 

Miller, W. Kirk 

Millet, Thomas W. 

Milton Jr., William P. 

Moore, Dale W. 

Moore, Randy 

Morgan, Andrea M. 

Morgan, Gary J. 

Morris, Craig A. 

Moseley, James R. 

Munno, Joanne L. 

Murano, Elsa 

Murano, Peter S. 

Murray, Peter K. 

Murrin, Suzanne M. 

Narang, Sudhir K. 

Nealon, John Patrick 

Neruda, Michael E. 

Ng, Allen 

Niedermayer, Chris S. 

Norbury, Frederick L. 

Novak, Jon E. 

Offutt, Susan E. 

Onstad, Charles A. 

Orr, David M. 

Otto, Ralph A. 

Palmisano, Anna 

Parham, Gregory L. 

Parker, Henry S. 

Parker, Vernon B. 

Patton-Mallory, Marcia 

Payne, Larry R. 

Penn, J.B. 

Petersen, Kenneth E. 

Poling, Janet A. 

Prucha, John C. 

Purcell, Roberta D. 

Pyron, Christopher L. 

Quick, Bryce R. 

Quigley, Thomas M. 

Rains, Michael T. 

Reaves, Jimmy L. 

Reed, Craig A. 

Reifschneider, Donna L. 

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Reilly, Joseph T. 

Rexroad Jr., Caird E. 

Rey, Mark E. 

Reynolds, James R. 

Riemenschneider, Robert A. 

Riggins, Judith W. 

Risbrudt, Christopher D. 

Roberts, Richard K. 

Robinson, Barbara C. 

Rockey, Sarah J. 

Roussopoulos, Peter J. 

Ruff, Michael D. 

Rundle, Kathleen A. 

Salazar, Roberto 

Santiago, Perfecto R. 

Scarbrough, Frank 

Schaub, James D. 

Sedell, James R. 

Seiber, James N. 

Sexton, Thomas J. 

Shahin, Jessica H. 

Sharp, Audrey Diane 

Shea, Anthony Kevin 

Shehan, Francis Robert 

Sheikh, Patricia R. 

Shipman, David R. 

Silverman, Steven C. 

Smith, Katherine R. 

Smith, Cynthia J. 

Smith Jr., William C. 

Snow, Wendy E. 

Spence, Joseph 

St. John, Judith B. 

Steele, W. Scott 

Stokes, E. Vaughn 

Stuck, Karen D. 

Surina, John C. 

Swacina, Linda 

Swenson, Richard D. 

Taitano, Dennis J. 

Tanner, Steven N. 

Tenny, David P. 

Terpstra, A. Ellen 

Thiermann, Alejandro B. 

Thomas, Irving W. 

Thomas, Peter Jon 

Thompson, Clyde 

Thompson, Robin L. 

Thompson, Tommy L. 

Torrey, Michael K. 

Troyer, Jack G. 

True, Sadhna G. 

Underwood Jr., Marvin M. 

Vail, Kenneth H. 

Van Blargan, Richard T. 

Veneman, Ann M. 

Villano, David J. 

Vogel, Ronald J. 

Wachs, Lawrence 

Walker, Larry A. 

Wallace, Charles L. 

Walsh, Thomas E. 

Walton, Thomas M. 

Waterfield, Joann 

Waters, Mary 

Weber, Barbara C. 

Whitmore, Charles 

Williams, Jerry Thomas 

Williams, John W. 

Witt, Timothy Blaine 

Wiyatt, Steven D. 

Woods, Mark R. 

Worthen, Michael V. 

Yates, Archie 

Yonts-Shepard, Susan E. 

York, Dana D. 

Yost, Michael W. 

Young, Michael Lee 

Young, Peter 

Young Jr., Robert W. 

Zorn, Frances E.

Dated: October 19, 2004. 

Ann M. Veneman, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–23822 Filed 10–22–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–06–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency 

Public Meeting on Implementation of 

Electronic Warehouse Receipts and 

Other Electronic Documents for Grain 

and Rice

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) will conduct a 

public meeting to solicit comments and 

options regarding the implementation of 

electronic warehouse receipts (EWRs) 

and other electronic documents (OEDs) 

for grain and rice as authorized by the 

Grain Standards and Warehouse 

Improvement Act of 2000 ((Pub. L. 106–

472) (7 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) (United States 

Warehouse Act (USWA)), enacted 

November 9, 2000. The meeting will be 

open to the public, with attendance 

limited to available space on a firstcome basis. Attendees are asked to be 

prepared to share information 

concerning their views on implementing 

the EWRs and OEDs for grain and rice 

within the current operational 

environment as well as future ecommerce activities. No registration or 

fee is required to attend or participate in 

the public meeting.

DATES: November 9–10, 2004, from 8 

a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at USDA’s Beacon Building, 6501 

Beacon Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 

64133–4676. 

Requests to address the meeting and 

written comments may be sent to: Roger 

Hinkle, USWA Program Manager, 

Warehouse and Inventory Division, 

Farm Service Agency, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 

0553, Washington DC 20250–0553; 

FAX: (202) 690–3123; e-mail: 

Roger.Hinkle@usda.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David Kirkland, (816) 823–1144 

(telephone); or (816) 448–5622 

(facsimile); or by e-mail at 

David.Kirkland@kcc.usda.gov.

Persons with disabilities who require 

special accommodation to attend or 

participate in the meeting should 

contact Laurie Montgomery, telephone: 

(202) 205–7832; e-mail: 

laurie.montgomery@usda.gov, by 

November 1, 2004.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is to provide all 

interested parties an opportunity to 

discuss the development and 

implementation of EWRs and OEDs for 

grain and rice as authorized under the 

USWA and its regulations at 7 CFR part 

735. A copy of the USWA, its 

regulations and Provider Agreements 

can be found online at http://

www.fsa.usda.gov/daco/uswa.htm. The 

USWA was enacted in part to be more 

relevant to today’s agricultural 

marketing and financial systems. The 

USWA provides authorization for the 

issuance and transfer of EWRs and 

OEDs relating to the shipment, payment, 

and financing of the sale of agricultural 

products, and the standardization of 

such electronic documents. 

The agenda will include, but is not 

limited to the following: 

(1) Current status of EWR and OED—

Provider Agreements, 

(2) Review Draft Provider Agreements 

Addendum for grain and rice EWRs, 

(3) Completing the addendum, 

making sure all data requirements for 

grain and rice are included, 

(4) FSA-Price Support Division’s 

(PSD’s) requirements in developing a 

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) 

User Agreement for grain and rice 

EWRs, 

(5) Discuss requirements for a USWA 

and CCC pilot grain and rice EWR 

program, 

(6) Integration of Electronic Data 

Interfaces with grain and rice warehouse 

accounting software, 

(7) Discuss current and prospective 

EWR systems or concepts, 

(8) Expectations of grain and rice 

companies and cooperatives, 

(9) Expectations of grain and rice 

commodity exchanges, 

(10) Expectations of banks, lenders, 

sureties and insurance underwriters, 

(11) Expectations of current and 

prospective EWR providers, and 

(12) Next steps for USDA. 

This meeting is open to the public. 

Persons wishing to make a brief 

presentation up to 15 minutes are asked 

to provide a written request with a 

description of the general subject to Mr.