To bring about these changes, we are streamlining our organization and emphasizing performance and accountability. The USGS is committed to ensuring timely delivery of information to those who need our products by using all the applicable tools of the emerging information technology. Finally, we will ensure the relevance and usefulness of our science by better listening to our customers and integrating our strong capabilities in geology, biology, hydrology, and geography. Each of these disciplines has developed a science plan that establishes the foundation for their strategic directions.
With this USGS strategic plan, we are embarking on an exciting future, by developing and implementing new operational practices, a more efficient structure, and creative new ways of measuring progress toward achieving the USGS mission and goals. We are pleased to be the science agency for the Department of the Interior and for a large number of other Federal, State, and local agencies. We look forward to expanding this role in the next century.