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2006 Publication Report

2006 Publication Report

The 2006 report, Management of Fish and Wildlife Service Scientific Publications, lays out a strategy for ensuring that the Service encourages its scientists to share scientific information with one another, with scientists outside the Service, and with resource managers who depend on science and scientific information to help inform their daily decisions.  Much of the report is devoted to describing what the Service needs to do to continue to be a leader in producing and disseminating scientific information and in managing fish and wildlife resources with the benefit of scientific information.  This report was the genesis of the Service publication system described here.  However, note that while the majority of the document is still pertinent and the “spirit” of the document remains the same, many of the specifics, such as the names and structure of the outlets, have changed substantially as the process evolved after it was published.

This report was prepared under the auspices of the Service Science Committee in 2006.  The findings and recommendations from the report were presented to the Directorate in October, 2006 in Memphis, TN.   The Directorate fully endorsed the report and its recommendations at the next meeting in January, 2007.

Briefly, the Report describes the recommended publication process, from submission to dissemination will be web-based and easily accessible.  As stated in the report:

The Service’s publication system should:

1. be seen as a benefit for Service scientists, not a burden
2. be mandatory and strongly supported from the top of the agency down
3. ensure scientific rigor and transparency while allowing Service scientists to more easily meet IQA, OMB and DOI standards.

The many benefits to the Service include: removing the guesswork from the publication process for Service science; providing standards and additional outlets for Service science; increasing accountability, efficiency, and responsible use of Federal funds; and conveniently putting Service science in the hands of the end users.