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US Geological Survey - Biological Research and Monitoring

The purpose of the program is to provide biological resources information needed by the nation to best management lands and species. The program achieves this goal through long-term, nationally consistent research and monitoring investigations which are made accessible to policy makers and the public.

Rating

What This Rating Means

PERFORMING
Moderately Effective

In general, a program rated Moderately Effective has set ambitious goals and is well-managed. Moderately Effective programs likely need to improve their efficiency or address other problems in the programs' design or management in order to achieve better results.
  • Biological Research and Monitoring has met program goals. For example, 96% of customers are satisfied with usefulness of scientific and technical products.
  • BRM has made progress coordinating research, but could take steps to improve improve accessibility of research and monitoring products. While BRM works collaboratively with other organizations, more formal coordination is lacking with the Biological Information Management and Dissemination program and other DOI bureaus.
  • BRM program reviews have not been adequate. While the program uses various methods for reviews, they have been by research area rather than biology-wide, and were not regularly implemented, or sufficiently independent.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Continue to refine efforts to maximize access to research and data and provide timely reports on the status and trends of the nation's biological resources.
  • Develop state of knowledge indices for additional avian focal species with completed FWS action plans, to further coordinate research with management needs.
  • Independent contractor to conduct a comprehensive and independent review for all of the Biological research, monitoring, and information management activities.

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