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Vol. 75, No. 28 

Thursday, February 11, 2010 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

President’s Advisory Council on FaithBased and Neighborhood Partnerships 

AGENCY: President’s Advisory Council 

on Faith-based and Neighborhood 

Partnerships, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

ACTION: Announcement of Meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), the 

President’s Advisory Council on Faithbased and Neighborhood Partnerships 

announces a meeting. The meeting is 

titled President’s Advisory Council on 

Faith-based and Neighborhood 

Partnerships Council Meetings. 

DATES: The meeting dates are: 

1. February 25, 2010, Thursday, 4 

p.m. to 6 p.m., Eastern Standard Time 

(EST). 

2. February 26, 2010, Friday, 2 p.m. 

to 4 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST). 

ADDRESSES: Meetings will be held via 

conference call. The dial-in number for 

both call meeting dates is: 800–857– 

8628, Passcode 9789555. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please contact Mara Vanderslice to 

RSVP for the conference calls, and any 

additional information about the 

Advisory Council conference calls at 

mvanderslice@who.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose: The Council brings together 

leaders and experts in fields related to 

the work of faith-based and 

neighborhood organizations in order to: 

Identify best practices and successful 

modes of delivering social services; 

evaluate the need for improvements in 

the implementation and coordination of 

public policies relating to faith-based 

and other neighborhood organizations; 

and make recommendations for changes 

in policies, programs, and practices. 

Status: Open to the public, limited 

only by lines available. 

Agenda: Topics to be discussed 

include deliberations on reports from 

the Council’s six Taskforces: Economic 

Recovery and Domestic Poverty, Reform 

of the Office, Environment and Climate 

Change, Inter-Religious Cooperation, 

Fatherhood and Healthy Families and 

Global Poverty and Development. For 

copies of these reports, please contact 

Mara Vanderslice at 

mvanderslice@who.eop.gov. 

Public Comment: There will be an 

opportunity for public comment at the 

end of the conference calls. 

Exceptional Circumstances Justifying 

Late Notice: This notice may be 

published in the Federal Register less 

than 15 calendar days prior, due to 

exceptional circumstances. The Federal 

Government was closed due to 

inclement weather and therefore 

publication of this notice could be 

delayed. 

Dated: February 8, 2010. 

Mara L. Vanderslice, 

Special Assistant. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCAD00000; L19900000.AL0000] 

Notice of Call for Nominations for 

Bureau of Land Management’s 

California Desert District Advisory 

Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management’s (BLM) California Desert 

District is soliciting nominations from 

the public to fill five seats for 3-year 

terms on its District Advisory Council 

from 2010–2012. Council members 

provide advice and recommendations to 

the BLM on the management of public 

lands in Southern California. 

DATES: Nominations will be accepted 

through Friday, April 21, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent 

to the District Manager, Bureau of Land 

Management, California Desert District 

Office, 22835 Calle San Juan De Los 

Lagos, Moreno Valley, California 92553. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Briery, BLM California Desert 

District External Affairs, at (951) 697– 

5220. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

California Desert District Advisory 

Council consists of 15 private 

individuals who represent different 

interests and advise BLM officials on 

policies and programs concerning the 

management of 11 million acres of 

public land in Southern California. The 

Council meets in formal session three to 

four times each year in various locations 

throughout the California Desert 

District. Members serve a 3-year term 

and may be nominated for 

reappointment for an additional 3-year 

term. 

Section 309 of the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act directs the 

Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to 

involve the public in planning and 

issues related to management of BLMadministered lands. The Secretary also 

selects council nominees consistent 

with the requirements of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, which 

requires that nominees appointed to the 

Council be fairly balanced in terms of 

points of view and representative of the 

various interests concerned with the 

management of the public lands. 

The Council also is balanced 

geographically, and the BLM will try to 

find qualified representatives from areas 

throughout the California Desert District 

(District). The District covers portions of 

eight counties, and includes about 11 

million acres of public land in the 

California Desert Conservation Area and 

300,000 acres of scattered parcels in San 

Diego, western Riverside, western San 

Bernardino, Orange, and Los Angeles 

Counties (known as the South Coast). 

The 3-year term would begin 

immediately upon appointment by the 

Secretary. 

The five positions to be filled include: 

—One renewable resources 

representative 

—one elected official 

—one environmental protection 

representative 

—two members of the public-at-large 

Any group or individual may 

nominate a qualified person. A person 

must be qualified through education, 

training, knowledge, or experience to 

give informed and objective advice 

regarding an industry, discipline, or 

interest specified in the council’s 


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charter; have demonstrated experience 

or knowledge of the geographical area 

under the purview of the advisory 

council; have demonstrated a 

commitment to collaborate in seeking 

solutions to a wide spectrum of resource 

management issues; and have the ability 

to represent their designated 

constituency. Qualified individuals also 

may nominate themselves. 

Nominations must include the name 

of the nominee; work and home 

addresses; email and telephone 

numbers; a biographical sketch that 

includes the nominee’s work and public 

service record; any applicable outside 

interests or other information that 

demonstrates the nominee’s 

qualifications for the position; and the 

specific category of interest in which the 

nominee is best qualified to offer advice 

and counsel. Nominees may contact the 

BLM California Desert District External 

Affairs staff at (951) 697–5220 or write 

to the address listed above and request 

a copy of the nomination form. 

All nominations must be 

accompanied by letters of reference 

from represented interests, 

organizations, or elected officials 

supporting the nomination. Individuals 

nominating themselves must provide at 

least one letter of recommendation. The 

Obama Administration prohibits 

individuals who are currently federally 

registered lobbyists to serve on all 

FACA and non-FACA boards, 

committees or councils. 

Jack L. Hamby, 

Acting District Manager. 

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