Benchmarking study of USDA Forest Service fisheries and aquatic ecology programs : executive summary.
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2001-03-15
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Abstract:Increased emphasis on ecosystem management and accountability by the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and other federal land management
agencies has led to the development of a series of strategic plans such as the Clean Water
Action Plan and internal USDA Forest Service strategies such as the National Resources
Agenda and the USDA Forest Service strategic plans (as required by the Government
Performance and Results Act). The goals and objectives within these strategies have
placed a significant challenge on managers seeking to implement these strategies because
the agency is decentralized with each administrative national forest or grassland unit
having a different level of staffing, budgets, skills, available resources, interests and
priorities.
Benchmarking in a decentralized agency like the USDA Forest Service could greatly
benefit the agency by identifying programs and best practices that have been successful
in this changing environment that is focusing on ecosystem management, accountability
and integration of specialized programs.
The fisheries and aquatic ecology program within the USDA Forest Service was chosen
for this benchmarking because: 1) there was an excellent database of budget history and
performance characteristics of the program on all 116 national forest and grassland units
that could be used as a baseline for analysis; and 2) an internal strategy document
identified the need to review and evaluate the “best” existing programs and quantify and
validate the specific characteristics that make them successful in implementing the
agencies strategic plans.
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