From: Myron Ebell <Myron.Ebell@cei.org> To: "scheduling@ios.doi.gov" <scheduling@ios.doi.gov> Cc: "Small, Jeffrey" <jeffrey_small@ios.doi.gov>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Scheduling request for Secretary Bernhardt Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2020 20:59:20 +0000
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Dear Sir or Madam, Please find attached a scheduling request for Secretary Bernhardt. Yours sincerely, Myron Ebell.
Myron Ebell Director, Center for Energy and Environment Competitive Enterprise Institute 1310 L Street, N. W., Seventh Floor Washington, DC 20005, USA Tel direct: (202) 331-2256 Tel mobile: (202) 320-6685 E-mail: Myron.Ebell@cei.org Stop continental drift!
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U.S. De artment of the Interior -- Office of the Secretary
Meeting Information Request Form
To ensure that the appropriate individual within the Department of the Interior is meeting with you on a given matter and because the Office of the Secretary is committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards, we need the information requested below before we can agree to schedule a meeting.
Please respond to the questions below and send your response to schedulin2Aios.doi.aov. If you have any questions you may contact the Scheduling Office at 202-208-7551.
Requesting individual/organization: (Please identify the person(s) name and affiliation) requesting the meeting, including any background information on the affiliated organization(s).)
Competitive Enterprise Institute, a non-profit, nonpartisan public policy institute dedicated to limited government and free markets.
Contact information (Name, Email, Phone):
Please describe the action sought from the Office of the Secretary:
Myron Ebell, Myron.Ebell@cei.orp4, (202) 3206685 Participation in an online policy forum via Zoom.
Proposed meeting date (if date is flexible please indicate a proposed date range):
Please identify any time sensitivity that impacts the date of the meeting, such as court-ordered or statutory deadline:
12 noon to 1 PM EDT on Tuesday 20th October or Wednesday, 21st October 2020
Alternate dates in November and first half of December.
Proposed meeting location (City, State): Online.
Expected meeting participants (name, title, and organizational affiliation):
Are any expected meeting participants registered lobbyists or lobbying organizations, and/or registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act? (If yes, please identify.)
Secretary Bernhardt Kent Lassman, President, CEI Myron Ebell, Director, Center for Energy and Environment, CEI All other attendees will be in listen-only mode and their written questions will be filtered through the moderators. No.
Are any expected meeting participants a No. partisan political candidate, a representative of a political party or a registered political action committee (PAC)? (If yes, please identify.)
Do any expected meeting participants seek No. or currently have any business interests
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with the Department such as permits, contracts, litigation, grants, etc.? (If yes, please identify.)
Describe the proposed meeting topic/ agenda, provide available briefing materials, and identify desired outcome(s):
An informal discussion with the Secretary on the Trump administration's achievements in energy policy on federal lands and federal offshore areas.
Will the meeting involve legislation, broad policy options, or other general matters that involve a large and diverse range of persons and interests? (If yes, please describe.)
The event will solicit the Secretary's policy views. No policy, legal, or legislative requests will be made.
Will the meeting involve regulations, rules, or No. other matters that impact a specific industry, sector of the economy, or group of persons? (If yes, please describe.)
Will the meeting involve a litigation matter, a No. permit, a grant, a contract, or any other matter that involves specific parties?
If yes, please identify the matter and list the specific parties.
With which Bureau(s) or Office(s) does the BEM and BOEM proposed meeting agenda most align?
Please list all, if more than one.
If the Secretary is unable to meet, is a surrogate desired? If yes, anyone specific? Any additional notes or information?
No.
Since the shutdown, attendance at our weekly only policy forums has ranged roughly from 100 to 200.
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