[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49468-49469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7096]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


Request for Comments on the Revised Department Strategic Plan for 
FY 2007-2012

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Request for comments on a revised Departmental Strategic Plan 
for FY 2007-2012 in fulfillment of certain provisions of the Government 
Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993.

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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.

ADDRESSES: Written comments can be provided by:
    E-mail: [email protected].
    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 FURTHR INFORMATION CONTACT: LeRon E. Bielak, DOI Strategic Planning 
Coordinator at (202) 208-1818.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Government Performance and Results Act 
of 1993 requires periodic updating of agency performance plans. The 
first Interior GPRA Strategic Plan was published in 1997. Subsequent 
revisions were published in 2000 and 2003.
    In producing the revision plan in 2003, DOI took a major departure 
from its past approaches to GPRA planning. Previously, DOI produced a 
set of ten GPRA planning documents--an overview document and nine 
bureau and office plans. While the overview attempted to highlight 
areas of commonalty among bureaus, Interior was still perceived as a 
``holding company'' and concern remained about the effectiveness of a 
agency functioning in a holding company fashion. Consequently, the last 
revision successfully integrated major bureau functions into a single 
unified GPRA plan.
    The 2003 plan accentuated common goals and performance measures 
among bureaus and placed a much greater emphasis on results to be 
achieved. In creating this integrated plan, Interior employed a ``logic 
model'' approach in which two tiers of goals (outcome goals and 
intermediate outcome goals) were developed and performance measures 
were applied to both tiers to measure achievement. The integrated plan 
included performance measures with quantitative long-term targets (for 
2008) while annual targets for the measures were established in the 
Department's yearly Performance Budgets. Bureau operational plans also 
link and align directly with the Departmental GPRA plan in order to 
reinforce functional responsibilities, help confirm the relevance and 
cost of work conducted, and guide budget preparation.
    The major restructuring of the prior plan required 22 months and 
involved extensive use of internal teams, external public work sessions 
and written public comment. Revision of the FY 2003-2008 plan began 
late last summer with an internal assessment of the strengths and 
weaknesses of the plan. We are soliciting written public comments on 
the modifications to our first unified plan. This revision will become 
our DOI strategic plan for FY 2007-2012.
    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.
    Interior is also 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. Please 
consult the Interior Web site for further details.
    Interior looks forward to receiving your comments on our revised 
plan. We are asking that comments be postmarked within 60 days of 
publication of this notice. The text of the draft revised plan is 
available in a ``pdf'' downloadable format through the DOI Internet Web 
site: http://www.doi.gov/. Links to the plan and related information 
will be posted on the opening page of the Web site. For those without 
Internet access, an electronic or paper copy can be requested through 
the contact points listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.


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    Dated: August 16, 2006.
R. Thomas Weimer,
Assistant Secretary--Policy, Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 06-7096 Filed 8-22-06; 8:45 am]
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