[MPWG] Public Comments Requested: Dept of Interior - Strategic Plan

Thu Sep 7 13:57:48 CDT 2006

The Department of Interior (DOI) is requesting public comment on it's 
strategic plan for the 5 year period beginning in 2007.  Public comments 
are being accepted until October 22, 2006.

Issues of potential relevance to Plant Conservation Alliance Members and 
Cooperators:
Based on issues raised at Plant Conservation Alliance meetings and over 
the PCA listserves, the following items may be of interest to listserve 
members: 
>DOI includes the following government agencies (several of which are PCA 
Member Agencies, http://www.nps.gov/plants/mou): Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Minerals Management 
Service, National Park Service, Office of Surface Mining, U.S. Fish and 
WIldlife Service and the U.S. Geological Survey.  Many of these agencies 
are PCA Members.
>The draft plan discusses issues pertaining to factors affecting the 
Native Plant Materials Development program, the role of traditional 
ecological knowledge 
in decisionmaking, the importance of inter-governmental and 
governmental/non-governmental partnerships, volunteerism, resource 
protection and resource use priorities. 
>Specific items mentioned under the GPRA Goals and Measures include: 
Forest products (Resource Use: Goal 3), Fuels reduction (serving 
Communities: Goal 1). 
>Wildland Fire is discussed on pages 11 and 12. 
>Public meetings are already underway around the country.

This e-mail contains:
Links to full Federal Register Notice, Draft Plan, On-line Comment Forms 
and Public Meeting Information
Overview of DOIs Draft Strategic Plan
Summary of Federal Register Notice requesting public input
Table of Contents from the Draft Plan
Information regarding public meetings
On-line Comment Forms

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Links to full FR Notice, Draft Plan, On-line Comment Forms and Public 
Meeting Information

[The information in this e-mail can be accessed online two ways: 
1. Through the DOI website at: http://www.doi.gov/ (scroll down to the 
bottom of the page)
2. Through the individual document urls (provided in each section below).]

Overview of DOIs Draft Strategic Plan

Draft Plan: 
DOI Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Strategic Plan 
Fiscal Year 2007 — 2012
(as required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993)

Interior’s GPRA Plan sets out specific goals for our four mission 
responsibilities: Resource
Protection, Resource Use, Recreation, and Serving Communities. It 
establishes measurable
performance targets in each area, along with targets for Departmental 
management
initiatives.

[To see the complete draft plan (it's 1.6MB!), go to:  
http://www.doi.gov/ppp/Strategic%20Plan%20FY07-12/strat_plan_fy2007_2012.pdf
]

Summary of Federal Register Notice requesting public input on DOIs Draft 
Strategic Plan

ACTION: Request for Comments on the Revised Department Strategic Plan for 
FY 2007–2012 AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. [79FR49468]

SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior (DOI) is seeking public comment on 
its draft GPRA strategic plan for fiscal year 2007–2012. 

DATES: Comments should be provided no later than 60 days following the 
publication of this notice. 

[According to the Strategic Planning Office, public comments are being 
accepted until October 22, 2006.]

ADDRESSES: Written comments can be provided by: E-mail: 
GPRAplancomments at ios.doi.gov. Fax: (202) 208–2619. 
Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary—Planning 
and Performance Management, 
Attention: DOI Strategic Planning Coordinator, 1849 C Street, NW., Mail 
Stop 5258, Washington, DC 20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LeRon E. Bielak, DOI Strategic Planning 
Coordinator at (202) 208–1818.  

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

In particular, Interior would be interested in viewpoints on effective 
quantitative, outcome-oriented performance measures that are proposed for 
the following areas: (a) Law enforcement (as it applies to resource 
protection and public safety on public lands), (b) science (both in terms 
of the applications of science and of advancing knowledge in natural 
resource areas), (c) energy access (specifically if a more readily 
understandable context for measurement is possible for example, see 
Resource Use measures #2 and 8), and (d) recreation capacity (whether 
recreation mission measures #4–5 are satisfactory indicators of increased 
capacity). However, this request for comments is not intended to be 
limited to these topics. 

Full FR Notice available at: 
http://www.doi.gov/ppp/Strategic%20Plan%20FY07-12/register_notice_fy2007_2012.pdf

Table of Contents from the Draft Plan

Table of Contents:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY …………………………………………………………………1
II STRATEGIC DESIGN: From Mission to Measurable Results………………………...3
.. Mission, Vision, and Key Business Principles
.. Turning Mission into Method
.. Resource Protection
.. Resource Use
.. Recreation
.. Serving Communities
III CHALLENGES..…………………………………………………………………………..13
.. An Interior View
.. Preparing for an Unpredictable Future
.. Trends and Probable Factors
IV THE PATH TO SUCCESS………………………….…………….……………….…….20
.. Laying a Foundation of Science
.. The Power of Partnerships
o Volunteers
.. Managing for Results
o The President’s Management Agenda
.. The Role of Information Technology
V PERFORMANCE MEASURE METHODOLOGY……………………………………. 27
.. What Counts, and How We Count It
- Reading the Numbers for Yourself
- Linking Strategic and Annual Planning
VI FY 2007-2012 PERFORMANCE GOALS AND MEASURES……………………….31
VII Appendices……………………………………………………………………………….53
1 Program Evaluations: Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) Reviews….53
2 The President’s Management Agenda…………………………………………….56
3 Executive Order on Cooperative Conservation………………………………… 62
4 DOI Organizational Structure……………………………………………………… 64
5 Management Initiatives Team………………………………………………………66
6 Glossary and Acronyms…….……………………………………………………….67
Contact Information…………………………………………………………………….74

Information regarding public meetings

[The meetings have already begun!]

Interior is...organizing opportunities to discuss the draft revised FY 
2007–2012 GPRA plan at several meetings across the country during the next 
several months. Public and tribal meetings are currently set for the week 
of August 27 in Anchorage, Alaska. Additional meetings are expected to be 
set in most or all of the following locations in September or early 
October: Sacramento, Phoenix, Albuquerque area, Denver, Minneapolis, and 
Washington, DC. 

For full details, see: 
http://www.doi.gov/ppp/Strategic%20Plan%20FY07-12/meetings_schedule_fy2007-2012.pdf

On-line Comment Forms

http://www.doi.gov/ppp/Strategic%20Plan%20FY07-12/comments_fy2007_2012.doc
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