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NRCS Leadership
Updated 07/09/2008
- Office of the
Chief
The Chief provides overall leadership for the activities of
the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to help people conserve,
maintain, and improve our natural resources and environment. The
Associate
Chief works with the Chief in planning, coordinating, and directing the
activities of NRCS, as well as coordinating the work of the divisions and
staffs within the Office of the Chief. The offices that operate directly
under the Office of the Chief include Strategic Natural Resource Issues,
Legislative Affairs Division,
Public Affairs Division,
and
Civil Rights Division.
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Management Deputy Area
The Management Deputy area is responsible for the development
of national policies, establishment and promulgation of procedures, guidelines
and standards. This deputy area also provides agency and operational leadership
for management services, human resources management, financial management,
information technology, ethics programs, and headquarters administrative
support. The Management Deputy Area is also responsible for assessing emerging
legislation, policy, and operations issues and conditions, and develops
management options and plans for managing NRCS.
- Programs Deputy Area
The Programs Deputy area mission in NRCS is to manage
natural resource
conservation programs that provide environmental, societal, financial, and
technical benefits that not only include on-site benefits such as sustaining and
improving agricultural productivity, but also other benefits such as cleaner,
safer, and more dependable water supplies, reduced damages caused by floods and
other natural disasters, and enhancing the natural resource base to support
continuing economic development, recreation, and other purposes.
- Science and Technology Deputy Area
The Science and Technology Deputy area is responsible for
animal husbandry and clean water, ecological sciences, engineering, resource
economics, and social sciences. In addition to these responsibilities this
deputy area manages technical service provider activities, and technology
support for NRCS science and technology activities and for the National
Centers and the National Technology Support Centers.
- Soil Survey and Resources Assessment Deputy
Area
The Soil Survey and Resource Assessment (SSRA) Deputy area is
responsible for Divisions, Institutes and Centers related to soil science,
soil survey and resource assessment, technical assistance to foreign
governments, and international scientific and technical exchange. SSRA has
technical leadership for the use of geospatial technologies (GIS, GPS, remote
sensing) in NRCS and for establishing geospatial data standards for the
agency. SSRA also conducts the National Resources Inventory (NRI) for
assessment of natural resource conditions and trends in the United States.
Drawing on the NRI and other data sources, SSRA leads the agency’s resource
analysis effort to support USDA in policy making for resource conservation.
SSRA works in coordination with the NRCS Science and Technology deputy area to
set research and technology development priorities for the agency. SSRA also
has leadership for NRCS homeland security operations.
- Planning and Accountability Deputy Area
The Strategic Planning and Accountability Deputy area ensures accountability
for performance and results through the integration of strategic planning,
budget formulation, operations management, and oversight and evaluation. This
includes: establishing and communicating agency direction in the agency
strategic, performance and business plans; estimating and requesting resources
required to accomplish goals and objectives; ensuring agency operations are
efficient and effective; measuring and reporting on performance and customer
satisfaction; and providing oversight and evaluation of agency operations.
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