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10.1 Regional Offices. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is organized into three regions and subordinate geographic areas as specified in paragraph 10.3. Regional Offices are responsible for formulating and executing the USGS’s science programs within the region, as well as contributing to the development of bureau discipline-focused initiatives and the execution of those initiatives at a regional level. Regional Offices are managed by Regional Directors with line authority and responsibility for managing science programs and related support activities within their assigned region. Regional Directors provide leadership to ensure the quality and relevance of science and information products, and ensure quality and consistency in the application of management policies, and procedures. In addition, Regional Directors provide Bureauwide leadership for national-level issues or administration priorities with strong regional implementation requirements. Regional Directors are the key representatives for the Director and the USGS with customers, partners, and stakeholders in their region and are responsible for overseeing regional Congressional relations and the communication of USGS programs, capabilities, and relevance to the news media, USGS constituents, and customers. The Regional Directors manage the science and science support activities of the region through immediate staff, an Office of Regional Services, a Regional Geospatial Information Office, and Regional Executives who are responsible for leadership of a multidisciplinary program within a geographic area of the region.

A. Immediate Office. The Regional Directors maintain an immediate staff to support the formulation, execution, and management of regional science and science support activities. The staff provides support for long-range strategic planning and performance monitoring, regional program execution, and contribute to bureau-level program planning, policy, and budget formulation.

B. Office of Regional Services. The Office of Regional Services is responsible for providing administrative and fiscal support to the Regional Director, regional executives, and to science activities throughout the region. Specific program activities include personnel, acquisition and grants, budget and financial services, facilities and space, safety and property management, general services, and a variety of administrative systems support.

C. Regional Geospatial Information Office. The Regional Geospatial Information Office is managed by the Regional Geospatial Information Officer and is responsible for policy implementation and strategic direction related to USGS information policy, services, security and technology and information resources management; National Geospatial Programs; and science information management and dissemination. On behalf of the USGS Geospatial Information Officer, the regional Geospatial Information Officer assures regional compliance with the full array of information technology mandates, laws, and regulations.

10.2 Regional Executives. The Regional Directors are supported by regional executives who maintain full authority and responsibility for all science programs and field-based administrative support activities. Regional Executives provide scientific leadership, management and direction for the entire breadth of USGS science and capabilities to the Science Centers and multidisciplinary project personnel within the geographic area of responsibility. (See Geographic Areas of Responsibility, paragraph 10.3). These functions are carried out through research and development activities, investigative studies, data collection and integration, tools, technologies and protocol development, and data dissemination, technical assistance and assessment. Regional Executives represent the Associate Directors for Biology, Geology, Geography and Water (see 120 DM 6, 7, 8, and 9) on all major scientific program issues and initiatives in the region. In addition, the Regional Executives provide executive representation to Federal, State, and local agencies, Indian tribes, academia, and the private sector.

10.3 Geographic Areas of Responsibility for Regional Directors and Regional Executives. The three regions of the USGS consist of the States and geographic areas listed in the table below.

REGION	STATES AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS
Eastern Region Leetown, WV	Northeast Area: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, the District of Columbia Southeast Area: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands Midwest Area: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin
Central Region Lakewood, CO	North Central Area: Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming South Central Area: Arkansas, Iowa, Louisiana, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas Rocky Mountain Area: Colorado, New Mexico
Western Region Seattle, WA	Northwest Area: Idaho, Oregon, Washington Southwest Area: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah, and Guam, Samoa, and other Pacific Islands Alaska Area: Alaska