Department of the Interior
Departmental Manual
Effective
Date: 9/20/07
Series: Organization
Part 135: Bureau of Land Management
Chapter 3: Office of the Director
Originating Office: Bureau of Land Management
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3.1 Office of the Director. The Director, as Chief Executive of the Bureau
of Land Management (BLM), formulates
3.2 Deputy
Director, Operations. The
Deputy Director, Operations shares the Director’s responsibility for all
3.3 Deputy Director, Policy and Programs. The
Deputy Director, Policy and Programs shares the Director’s
responsibility for all
3.4 Chief of Staff. The Chief of Staff provides counsel, advice, technical expertise, and assistance to the Director in formulating and evaluating policy for significant and politically sensitive or urgent issues; maintains close review and coordination on items of a sensitive policy nature between the Director and high level officials throughout the Department; represents the Director and acts as the Director’s liaison in contacts with the White House staff, the Congress, and other Departments and Agencies, the public, and Government officials; and develops, coordinates, resolves, and implements a variety of special projects which are often highly sensitive and/or confidential.
3.5 Director, Office of Law Enforcement and Security. The Office of Law Enforcement and Security (OLES) is responsible for establishing, coordinating, and implementing national policy, procedures, and standards for the bureau-wide law enforcement and investigations program. OLES is also responsible for conducting investigations of crimes involving public lands and resources, providing functional oversight of the field level law enforcement program, providing technical advice on physical security of BLM facilities, coordinating HQ Office continuity of operations planning, and investigating incidents involving criminal misconduct by BLM employees. The OLES develops partnerships with agencies and organizations to foster collaborative efforts in the protection of public lands and resources. OLES also serves as the primary liaison to the Department’s Office of Inspector General on investigations involving BLM employees. The Director is assisted by a Deputy Director, Assistant Deputy Director, national staff, Chief of Internal Affairs, Special Agents-in-Charge, State Staff Rangers, and special agents.
3.6 Office of the National Landscape Conservation System. The Office of the National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) consists of a Director, Deputy Director, and a national staff. The NLCS is responsible for establishing and coordinating national policy, guidance, and procedures for managing components of the NLCS consistent with enabling legislation or Presidential Proclamation. The NLCS is composed of National Monuments, National Conservation Areas, the Forest Reserve Cooperative Management and Protection Areas, outstanding Natural Areas, National Recreation Areas, Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, National Wild and Scenic Rivers, and National Historic and Scenic Trails. The NLCS also provides national leadership and policy development for the implementation of cooperative conservation, alternative dispute resolution, and environmental education.
3.7 Assistant
Director, Renewable Resources and Planning (AD, RRP). The AD, RRP is responsible for establishing
policy and guidance for
A. The AD, RRP provides national leadership and develops and maintains processes and standards for all planning, environmental analysis, renewable resource management, non-renewable resource management and protection activities, including physical, biological, ecological, cultural, social, and economic components. The Directorate develops national partnerships with organizations and agencies to foster collaborative engagement and to prevent or reduce litigation, appeals, and protests or to mitigate the impacts of such formal filings.
B. The Directorate includes seven divisions – the Division of Planning and Science Support, the Division of Rangeland Resources, the Division of Fish, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, the Division of Cultural, Paleontological Resources and Tribal Consultation, the Division of Recreation and Visitor Services, the Division of Wild Horses and Burros, and the Division of Forest and Woodlands.
3.8 Assistant Director, Minerals, Realty, and Resource
Protection (AD, MRRP). The AD, MRRP, is responsible for establishing and
coordinating policy and guidance for
A. The Directorate develops policy and
guidance for the fluid minerals program; solid minerals programs, including leasable,
mining-law and salable minerals; the lands and realty programs, the Public Land
Survey System and Hazard Management and Resource Restoration, and
B. The Directorate includes three Divisions – the Division of Fluid Minerals, the Division of Solid Minerals, and the Division of Lands, Realty and Cadastral Survey.
3.9 Assistant Director, Fire and Aviation (AD, FA). The AD, FA is responsible for establishing national policy, guidance, and standards; and maintains functional oversight and interagency coordination for all fire, aviation, radio program, and all-hazard activities.
A. The
Directorate develops national partnerships with organizations and agencies to
foster a collaborative approach to mitigating risks to communities and the
environment while promoting economic opportunities. The AD, FA provides operational wildfire
protection and support services for all cooperating wildland fire fighting
agencies. The AD, FA provides leadership
in protecting life, property, and ecosystems from damage by wildfires, and
assists in enhancing ecosystem health, integrity, and diversity through the use
of fire. The Directorate also oversees BLM’s national aviation management services and the
national radio communications program.
B. The Directorate includes five divisions
– the Division of Support Services, the Division of Fire Operations, the
Division of Aviation, the Division of Fire Planning and Fuels Management, and
the Division of National Radio Program Management.
C. National Interagency Fire Center
(NIFC). The
Directorate provides a unit manager to
the National Interagency Fire Center Governing Board for the management and operation of the
National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC).
The NIFC is a physical facility located in
3.10 Assistant
Director, Information Resources Management (AD,
A. The AD develops policy and guidance; and provides leadership on the management, integration, and use of information resources management systems; information dissemination; data and records administration; and information access and security. The AD also provides Information Technology program oversight and enforces policy compliance.
B. The Directorate includes five divisions – the Division of Investment Management, the Division of Information Resource Management Governance, the Division of Business and Technical Alignment, the Division of Information Technology Services, and the Division of Information Technology Security.
3.11 Assistant Director, Communications (AD, COM). The AD, COM, develops and coordinates policy and guidance for BLM external communications with the media, Members of Congress, various Federal, State and local agencies, interest groups, schools, and members of the public.
A. The Directorate provides strategic direction and oversight for public affairs, legislative affairs, regulatory affairs, and intergovernmental affairs, and for the design and content of the BLM web sites.
B. The Directorate includes three divisions – the Division of Public Affairs; the Division of Legislative Affairs, Intergovernmental Affairs and Correspondence; and the Division of Regulatory Affairs.
3.12 Assistant Director, Human Capital Management (AD,
A. The
AD,
B. The Directorate includes four divisions - the Division of Civil Rights, the Division of Special Initiatives and National Recruitment, the Division of Human Resources Policy and Workforce Planning, and the Division of Safety and Occupational Health.
C. The
3.13 Assistant Director, Business and Fiscal
Resources (AD,
A. The
B. The Directorate includes three divisions – the Division of Evaluations and Management Services, the Division of Business Services, and the Division of Budget.
9/20/07 #3759
Replaces 7/12/00 #3311