Department of the Interior
Departmental Manual
Effective Date: 11/4/04
Series: Organization
Part 118: Minerals Management Service
Chapter 2: Organization Structure
Originating Office: Minerals Management Service
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2.1 Basic
Organization Concept. The Minerals
Management Service (MMS) is headquartered in the
2.2 Executive Direction. The Director is the Chief Executive Officer of the MMS. Except for certain advisory, planning, and information functions that support the Director in performing his/her public responsibilities, the MMS's responsibility is fixed through legislation and Secretarial assignments, orders, and delegations. The Deputy Director is responsible to the Director in managing the activities of the MMS, and acts in the absence of the Director. The MMS programs are carried out by the Director, the Deputy Director, and four Associate Directors--one for each of the following areas: administration, budget, and finance; offshore activities--both prelease and postlease; policy and management improvement; and minerals revenue management functions. The Deputy Director also serves as the Chief Financial Officer. The Director is assisted by a Chief of Staff and two staff offices.
2.3 Administration, Budget, and Finance Functions. The Associate Director for Administration and Budget serves as the MMS Chief Information Officer and the Deputy Chief Financial Officer. The Associate Director is responsible for budget and financial management, as well as all administrative activities of the MMS. Administration of the budget and financial management functions includes development, presentation, and implementation of the MMS budget; direction of the MMS=s financial management activities; and operation of its administrative accounting system. The administrative functions include employee development, counseling, and EEO; information resources management functions such as data administration, computer security, IT capital planning, telecommunications, and records management; personnel management; procurement, franchising activities, Federal Assistance management, and support services, including property management, space management, and general office services; management and organization analysis activities; safety; and personnel and physical security. Program implementation is carried out by a Chief of Staff, seven Divisions, and two administrative service centers.
2.4 Offshore Minerals Management Functions. The Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management is responsible for all offshore activities that include resource evaluation, environmental review, leasing activities (including public liaison and planning functions), lease management, and inspection and enforcement programs under MMS's jurisdiction. Responsibility is shared with a Deputy Associate Director, and program implementation is carried out through one staff office, five Divisions, and three line regional field organizations.
2.5 Policy and Management Improvement Functions. The Associate Director for Policy and Management Improvement is responsible for providing policy review and coordinated program and policy positions on all matters relating to the MMS; for providing MMS a review and assessment capability; for managing its strategic planning and quality improvement processes; and for evaluating MMS programs through economic and programmatic policy analyses. The Associate Director is also responsible for managing the Bureau's appeals activities, the alternative dispute resolution program, and the Bureau's regulatory and information collection programs. Program implementation is carried out by two Divisions.
2.6 Minerals Revenue Management Functions. The Associate Director for Minerals Revenue Management is responsible for the collection and distribution of all royalty payments, rentals, bonus payments, fines, penalties, and assessments, and other revenue due the Federal Government and Indian lessors (tribal and allotted) as monies or royalties-in-kind from the extraction of mineral resources from Federal and Indian lands onshore and from the leasing and extraction of mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf. These responsibilities are shared with a Deputy Associate Director, and program implementation is carried out through three program organizations, with program support staff reporting directly to the Associate Directorate.
11/4/04 #3664
Replaces 8/19/04 #3651
