[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 245 (Friday, December 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77132-77133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30283]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[Notice-MX-2013-01; Docket No. 2013-0002; Sequence 39]
Notification of a Public Meeting of the Government Accountability
and Transparency Board
AGENCY: Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services
Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Meeting Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Government Accountability and Transparency (GAT) Board
will host a meeting for the public to make presentations to the Board,
as indicated below. This notice is intended to notify the general
public, representatives of state and local governments, civic and
professional organizations, and other interested parties, of the
opportunity to present material to the Board and attend the meeting.
DATES: The GAT Board meeting will be held on January 22, 2014, in two
sessions: The first session will occur from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time; the second session will be 1:30 p.m. to 4:30
p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The second session is for overflow purposes
and will be cancelled without further notice, if responses to this
notice lead the Chairperson of the GAT Board to determine the first
session's timeframes are sufficient.
ADDRESSES: General Services Administration National Capital Region
(NCR) Regional Office Building (ROB) Auditorium, 301 7th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20407. The GSA auditorium is located on the first floor
of the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Nancy DiPaolo, Chief,
Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, Recovery Board, 1717
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20006; Telephone
202-254-7900.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Government Accountability and Transparency Board's
mandate appears in Executive Order 13576 (June 13, 2011), which in
short states that the Board shall:
Provide strategic direction for enhancing transparency of
federal spending and advance efforts to detect and remediate fraud,
waste, and abuse in federal programs; and
Work with the Recovery Accountability and Transparency
Board (RATB) to build on lessons learned and apply the approaches
developed by the RATB across federal spending.
Agenda: The purpose of the January 22, 2014 meeting is to allow the
public to make presentations to the GAT Board regarding accountability
and transparency for federal expenditures made through contracts and
grants.
The GAT Board Chairman will make a brief opening statement. The
rest of the meeting will feature presentations by members of the public
on the following:
1. Who do you represent?
2. What questions are you trying to answer with federal spending
information?
3. What federal spending information do you need to answer these
questions?
4. Where do you find that federal spending information now?
5. Where does federal spending information need clearer
instructions or explanations?
6. What suggestions do you have for prioritizing federal spending
information enhancements?
The GAT Board is collecting this information at the meeting for
strategic advisory purposes, to help the Board in developing its annual
plan (Calendar Year 2014 Way Forward document). Note that the Board is
not a decision-making body, nor does it have funding and staff. The
Board provides strategic advice to interagency working groups.
Procedures for notifying the Board of attendance: Persons wishing
to attend the meeting should email their names and represented
organization (or indicate ``self'') to [email protected] and
write ``January 22, 2014 GAT Board RSVP'' in the subject line.
Street Address: You may submit your RSVP by mail to 1717
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20006. ``GAT Board
public meeting RSVP'' should be written on the envelope.
Procedures for submitting public comments or presentation
materials: In addition to notifying the Board of attendance, persons
wishing to present to the GAT Board at the meeting should email their
written comments and/or
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presentation materials to [email protected] and write
``January 22, 2014 GAT Board public comment'' in the subject line.
Provide these written comments or presentation materials on the six
topics listed above at least one week prior to the meeting (no later
than January 15, 2014).
Street Address: You may submit written comments or presentation
materials by mail to 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite 700,
Washington, DC 20006. ``GAT Board public meeting comments'' should be
written on the envelope.
Presentations: The GAT Board will provide the necessary visual
equipment to project the submitted presentations to the audience the
day of the meeting. Hard copies will not be provided.
Space and Time Limitations: There will be limited space for this
meeting; therefore, members of the public who have submitted written
comments and/or signed up in advance to make presentations will be
given priority in attending this meeting and speaking to the GAT Board.
Other members of the public will be admitted and heard in the order in
which they sign up, time permitting. A time limit of no more than 20
minutes each (followed by a 10 minute question and answer session) will
be placed on those members of the public wishing to speak at the
meeting. The GAT Board will make every effort to hear the views of all
interested persons. The Chairperson of the GAT Board is empowered to
conduct the meeting in a fashion that will, to the Chairperson's
judgment, facilitate the orderly conduct of business.
Meeting Record: The submitted presentations will be the only record
of the meeting and will be posted on the GAT Board Web site after the
public meeting.
Arrival: Interested parties are encouraged to arrive at least 30
minutes early to accommodate security procedures. A valid government-
issued photo identification card will be required to enter the
building.
Special Accommodations: The public meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Request for sign language interpretation
or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. Nancy DiPaolo, Chief,
Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, Recovery Board, 1717
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20006; Telephone
202-254-7900, at least 5 working days prior to the meeting date.
Availability of background materials for the meeting: Several
documents available on the Board's Web site provide information on GAT
Board activities during Calendar Year 2013 (see http://www.federaltransparency.gov/about/Pages/gatb.aspx):
The GAT Board's annual plan (Calendar Year 2013 Way
Forward document), which contains the Board's long-term strategy and
the near-term focus of working groups to develop approaches to (1)
standardize key data elements to improve procurement data integrity;
(2) standardize key data elements to improve grants data integrity; (3)
leverage existing data to help improve oversight; and (4) link
financial management systems with award systems.
Progress made in Calendar Year 2013. The Calendar Year
2013 meeting minutes of the GAT Board contain information on progress
made, including the GAT Board working groups' briefings.
Dated: December 16, 2013.
Anne Rung,
Associate Administrator, Office of Government-wide Policy, General
Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-30283 Filed 12-19-13; 8:45 am]
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