Department of the Interior
Departmental Manual
Effective Date: 9/22/06
Series: Organization
Part 118: Minerals Management
Service
Chapter 2: Organization Structure
Originating Office:
Minerals Management Service
118 DM 2
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. A Deputy Director – Chief Financial Officer and a Deputy
Director assist the
Director in
managing the programs and activities of the MMS, and act in the absence of the
Director. The Director is also assisted by a Chief of Staff and two staff
offices. The MMS programs are carried
out by 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.
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, EEO and
counseling; information resources management functions such as data
administration, computer security, IT capital planning, telecommunications, and
records management; human resources management and employee development;
procurement and Federal Assistance management; 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, six 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 and program support staff reporting
directly to the Associate Directorate.
9/22/06 #3732
Replaces 8/8/05 #3679