Document ID: FEMA-2014-0022-0019
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Technical Mapping Advisory Council
Posted Date: 2016-03-31T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 62 (Thursday, March 31, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18635-18636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07189]

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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 performance metrics and milestones required to 
effectively and efficiently map flood risk areas in the United States. 
Applicants will be considered for appointment in the event that there 
are vacancies on the TMAC.

DATES: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. E.S.T. on April 
30, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Applications for membership should be submitted by one of 
the following methods:
     Email: FEMA-TMAC@fema.dhs.gov.
     Mail: FEMA, Federal Insurance and Mitigation 
Administration, Risk Analysis Division, Attn: Kathleen Boyer, 1800 
South Bell Street, Arlington, VA 20598-3030.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Boyer (Designated Federal 
Officer for the TMAC); address: FEMA, 1800 South Bell Street, 
Arlington, VA 20598-3030; telephone: (202) 646-4023; and email: FEMA-TMAC@fema.dhs.gov. The TMAC Web site 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 review and makes 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. In late 2015, the TMAC submitted its 
first annual report, as well as a one-time Future Conditions report.

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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 vacancies on the TMAC, the terms of 
which start on October 1, 2016. Certain members of the TMAC, as 
described 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 Web 
site 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:
    a. One member of a recognized professional surveying association or 
organization (SGE appointment);
    b. One member of a recognized professional mapping association or 
organization (SGE appointment);
    c. One member of a recognized professional engineering association 
or organization (SGE appointment);
    d. One representative of a State national flood insurance 
coordination office;
    e. One member of a recognized regional flood and storm water 
management organization (SGE appointment);
    f. 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;
    g. One representative of a local government agency that has entered 
into a cooperating technical partnership with the FEMA Administrator 
and has demonstrated the capability to produce FIRMs;
    h. One member of a recognized floodplain management association or 
organization (SGE appointment);
    i. One member of a recognized risk management association or 
organization (SGE appointment); and
    j. One State mitigation officer (SGE appointment).
    Members of the TMAC will 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 the membership category of interest (e.g., State 
mitigation officer). Contact information is provided in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
    The TMAC will meet not less than twice a year. Members may be 
reimbursed for travel and per diem, and 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. Registered lobbyists, current FEMA employees, Disaster 
Assistance Employees, and reservists will not be considered for 
appointments for these positions.

    Dated: March 22, 2016.
Roy Wright,
Associate Administrator, Federal Insurance and Mitigation 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-07189 Filed 3-30-16; 8:45 am]
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