The Office of Division Operations and Analysis plans, initiates, develops, analyzes, and coordinates activities that broadly affect the division, including scientific narratives and periodic reports, special scientific planning and reporting documents, and responses to inquiries from Congress, other agencies, and the public. The office also advises on policy, structure, budget, organization, personnel, and other matters affecting the division's management and administrative operations. In supporting and promoting communications within the division, the office is responsible for developing and planning senior scientific staff retreats, and for serving as the focal point for information technology-related activities and public-private partnership activities. The office develops and maintains scientific management systems to streamline administrative operations associated with the analysis and reporting of the division's portfolio.