17084 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 64 / Tuesday, April 4, 1995 / Notices

Texas

Mr. Thomas Adams, Governor’s Office of

Budget and Planning, PO Box 12428,

Austin, Texas 78711, Telephone (512) 463–

1778

Utah

Utah State Clearinghouse, Office of Planning

and Budget, ATTN: Carolyn Wright, Room

116 State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah

84114, Telephone (801) 538–1535

Vermont

Mr. Bernard D. Johnson, Assistant Director,

Office of Policy Research & Coordination,

Pavilion Office Building, 109 State Street,

Montpelier, Vermont 05602, Telephone

(802) 828–3326

West Virginia

Mr. Fred Cutlip, Director, Community

Development Division, West Virginia

Development Office, Building #6, Room

553, Charleston, West Virginia 25305

Telephone (304) 348–4010

Wisconsin

Mr. William C. Carey, Federal/State

Relations, Wisconsin Department of

Administration, 101 South Webster Street,

PO Box 7864, Madison, Wisconsin 53707

Telephone (608) 266–0267

Wyoming

Sheryl Jeffries, State Single Point of Contact,

Herschler Building, 4th Floor, East Wing,

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002, Telephone

(307) 777–7574

Guam

Mr. Michael J. Reidy, Director, Bureau of

Budget and Management Research, Office

of the Governor, PO Box 2950, Agana,

Guam 96910, Telephone (617) 472–2285

Northern Mariana Islands

State Single Point of Contact, Planning and

Budget Office, Office of the Governor,

Saipan, CM, Northern Mariana Islands

96950

Puerto Rico

Norma Burgos/Jose H. Caro, Chairman/

Director, Puerto Rico Planning Board,

Minillas Government Center, PO Box

41119, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00940–9985,

Telephone (809) 727–4444

Virgin Islands

Jose L. George, Director, Office of

Management and Budget, #41 Norregade

Emancipation Garden Station, Second

Floor, Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802

Please direct correspondence to: Linda

Clarke, Telephone (809) 774–0750

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Administration for Native Americans

Statement of Organization, Functions,

and Delegations of Authority

This notice amends Part K of the

Statement of Organization, Functions,

and Delegations of Authority of the

Department of Health and Human

Services (DHHS), Administration for

Children and Families (ACF) as follows:

Chapter KE, Administration for Native

Americans (ANA) (56 FR 42340), as last

amended, August 27, 1991. Specifically,

delete Chapter KE in its entirety, and

replace it with the following:

KE.00 Mission. The Administration

for Native Americans (ANA) advises the

Secretary, through the Assistant

Secretary for Children and Families, on

matters relating to American Indians,

Alaskan Natives, Native American

Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians,

hereinafter referred to as Native

Americans. ANA represents the

concerns of Native Americans and

serves as the focal point in the

Department on the full range of

developmental, social and economic

strategies that support Native American

self-determination and self-sufficiency.

ANA administers grant programs to

eligible Indian tribes and Native

American organizations in urban and

rural areas with funds authorized under

the Native American Programs Act of

1974, as amended.

In conjunction with the Office of the

Assistant Secretary for Children and

Families, ANA serves as Departmental

liaison with other federal agencies on

Native American affairs, working to

promote social and economic selfsufficiency for Native Americans. In

concert with other components of ACF,

it develops and implements research,

demonstration and evaluation strategies

for discretionary funding of activities

designed to improve and enrich the

lives of Native Americans. Through its

policy, liaison, and programmatic grant

functions, ANA explores new program

concepts and new methods for

increasing the social and economic

development of Native Americans, and

ensures that information about

Departmental services and benefits and

eligibility criteria is available to Native

Americans and fosters the opportunity

for the exercise of self-determination by

Native Americans and their operation of

Native American programs and

enterprises.

KE.10 Organization. The

Administration for Native Americans is

headed by a Commissioner who reports

directly to the Assistant Secretary for

Children and Families and consists of:

Office of the Commissioner (KEA)

Intra-Departmental Council on Native

American Affairs (KEB)

Planning and Support Staff (KEC)

Program Operations Division (KED)

KE.20 Functions. A. The Office of

the Commissioner provides executive

direction and management strategy for

all components of ANA. The

Commissioner serves as the effective

and visible advocate on behalf of Native

Americans within the Department, and

with other departments and agencies of

the Federal Government regarding all

Federal policies affecting Native

Americans. The Commissioner serves as

advisor to the Assistant Secretary for

Children and Families, the Secretary,

and the heads of DHHS agencies

administering programs which have a

significant impact on Native Americans.

On behalf of the Department, the

Commissioner conducts liaison with

and obtains advice from Indian tribes

and Native American organizations. The

Commissioner provides policy direction

and guidance to the ACF regional offices

with respect to programs for Urban

Indians, off-reservation Indians, and

other Native American projects in

Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. The

Deputy Commissioner acts as

Commissioner in the absence of the

Commissioner. The Commissioner is

Chairperson of the Intra-Departmental

Council on Native American Affairs and

shall advise the Secretary on all matters

affecting Native Americans that involve

the Department.

B. Intra-Departmental Council on

Native American Affairs serves as the

focal point within the Department for

intra-agency activities related to Native

American affairs and effect

coordination, cooperation and

complementary utilization of the

Department’s resources for Native

Americans. It promotes consistent

policies on Native American affairs for

the entire Department and promotes the

full and continuous application of these

policies throughout the Department.

The Commissioner is the Chairperson of

the Council and advises the Secretary

on Native American issues. Council staff

provide support to the Commissioner of

ANA/Council Chair.

The Council identifies administrative,

legislative and regulatory changes or

developments necessary for the

applications of effective and consistent

Federal Indian policy.

C. Planning and Support Staff plans,

coordinates, and controls ANA policy,

planning, and management activities,

and manages the development of

regulations, policies, and guidelines for

ANA. It develops and recommends the

implementation of policies in

coordination and consultation with the

Office of Policy and Evaluation.

In coordination with the Office of

Policy and Evaluation and the Office of

Financial Management in ACF, the staff

directs the development of program

plans consistent with the Department’s
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requirements. It formulates budget and

legislative plans consistent with

Departmental and ANA requirements. It

coordinates the reporting by ANA

components to the ACF management

information system including reports on

short range initiatives.

The staff manages the ANA program

management system to support ANA

programming, planning and

administration; provides a wide range of

management administrative services in

support of all ANA programs and

activities; and initiates and monitors the

progress of all personnel actions.

The staff serves as ANA Executive

Secretariat, controlling the flow of

correspondence. It is responsible for the

receipt of Freedom of Information Act

requests directed to ANA and

coordinates responses to such requests;

coordinates with appropriate ACF

components in implementing

administrative requirements and

procedures; and oversees and

administers the panel review process for

grant applications within ANA.

D. Program Operations Division

provides direct financial assistance to

American Indian tribal governments,

Native Hawaiian organizations, Native

Pacific Island organizations, urban

Indian groups, rural off-reservation

Native American groups, other Native

American groups and organizations

including national, regional, statewide,

local, and inter-tribal consortia groups

throughout the lower 48 states, Alaska,

Hawaii and the South Pacific Islands.

The Division serves as a resource for

and liaison with Indian tribes and other

Native American groups and

organizations and as a link with projects

of national significance, and carries out

special projects and initiatives for the

benefit of the ANA service population.

The Division provides information

and program content for plans, budget

information and policy development for

activities authorized under the Native

American Programs Act of 1974, as

amended. In cooperation with the ANA

Planning and Support Staff, it

coordinates all matters pertaining to

planning, overall ANA management,

policy development and control, and

program development.

Dated: March 28, 1995.

Mary Jo Bane,

Assistant Secretary for Children and Families.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Public and Indian Housing

[Docket No. N–95–3847; FR–3828–N–02]

NOFA for the Public and Indian

Housing Tenant Opportunities

Program Technical Assistance:

Clarification

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Clarification of NOFA.

SUMMARY: On March 1, 1995, HUD

announced the availability of $25

million for FY 1995 under the Public

and Indian Housing Tenant

Opportunities Program (TOP). This

notice clarifies the eligibility

requirements for National Resident

Organizations (NROs), Regional

Resident Organizations (RROs), and

Statewide Resident Organizations

(SROs). The notice also clarifies that

Indian housing RO/RMC applicants are

not required to complete the

certification of democratic election that

is required of public housing RC/RMC

applicants.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christine Jenkins or Barbara J.

Armstrong, Office of Community

Relations and Involvement, Department

of Housing and Urban Development,

451 Seventh Street, S.W., Room 4112,

Washington, D.C. 20410; telephone:

(202) 708–3611. All Indian Housing

applicants may contact Charles Bell,

Office of Native American Programs,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 Seventh Street, S.W.,

Room B–133, Washington, D.C. 20410;

telephone: (202) 755–0032. Hearing- or

speech-impaired persons may use the

Telecommunications Devices for the

Deaf (TDD) by contacting the Federal

Information Relay Service on 1–800–

877–TDDY (1–800–877–8339) or (202)

708–9300 for information on the

program. (Other than the ‘‘800’’ TDD

number, telephone numbers are not tollfree.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)

published in the Federal Register on

March 1, 1995 (60 FR 11222), the

Department announced the availability

of $25 million for the Public and Indian

Housing Tenant Opportunities Program,

of which $1 million is set aside for

National Resident Organizations

(NROs), Statewide Resident

Organizations (SROs), and Regional

Resident Organizations (RROs). To more

clearly define the eligibility

requirements for NROs/RROs/SROs, the

Department is issuing the following

clarifications. For further information

about specific aspects of the NOFA and

application requirements, please refer to

the March 1, 1995, NOFA.

Accordingly, FR Doc. 95–4968, NOFA

for the Public and Indian Housing

Tenant Opportunities Program

Technical Assistance, published on

March 1, 1995 (60 FR 11222), is

amended as follows:

1. On page 11223, column 1, two new

sentences are added in parentheses at

the end of paragraph (4) of Section I.C,

‘‘Key Features of this NOFA,’’ to read as

follows:

* * * (This certification is required

only for public housing RCs/RMCs.

Indian housing RO/RMC applicants are

not required to provide this

certification.)

* * * * *

2. On page 11224, in the third

column, in Section I.F, ‘‘Definitions, the

introductory text before the definition of

‘‘National Resident Organization

(NRO)’’ is revised to read as follows:

The following definitions apply to

NRO/RRO/SRO applicants. Note,

however, that a NRO/RRO/SRO is

eligible to apply for funding under this

NOFA if the organization has submitted

to the proper governmental agency the

application and materials required to

become an incorporated nonprofit

organization or association. Before

execution of the grant, an organization

selected for funding must be

incorporated or organized as an

association in accordance with

applicable State or Tribal law:

* * * * *

3. On page 11234, column 2, the

paragraph following the heading

‘‘Serves: Colorado, Montana, the

Dakotas, Nebraska, Utah and

Wyoming’’, which sets out the name,

address, and telephone number for Mr.

Vernon Haragara, is revised to read as

follows:

Mr. Vernon Haragara, Administrator,

Northern Plains Office of Native

American Programs, 8P, First Interstate

Tower North, 633 17th Street, Denver,

Colorado 80202–3607, (303) 672–5462.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1427r; 42 U.S.C.

3535(d).

Dated: March 27, 1995.

Joseph Shuldiner,

Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing.

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