Department of the Interior
Departmental Manual
Effective Date: 4/6/04
Series:
Organization
Part 118:
Minerals Management Service
Chapter 2:
Organization Structure
Originating Office:
Minerals Management Service
118 DM 2
2.1 Basic Organization Concept. The Minerals Management Service (MMS) is
headquartered in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, with operational
centers and support offices located throughout the United States (see attached
organization chart).
2.2 Executive Direction. The Director is the Chief Executive Officer
of the MMS. Except for certain advisory,
planning, and information functions that support the Director in performing
his/her public responsibilities, the MMS's responsibility is fixed through
legislation and Secretarial assignments, orders, and delegations. The Deputy Director is responsible to the
Director in managing the activities of the MMS, and acts in the absence of the
Director. The MMS programs are carried
out by the Director, the Deputy Director, and four Associate Directors--one for
each of the following areas:
administration, budget, and finance; offshore activities--both prelease and postlease; policy
and management improvement; and minerals revenue management functions. The Director is assisted by a Chief of Staff
and two staff offices.
2.3 Administration, Budget, and Finance Functions. The Associate Director serves as the MMS Chief Information Officer and is responsible for budget and financial management, as well as all administrative activities of the MMS. Administration of the budget and financial management functions includes development, presentation, and implementation of the MMS budget; direction of the MMS's financial management activities; and operation of its administrative accounting system. The administrative functions include employee development, counseling, and EEO; information resources management functions such as data administration, computer security, IT capital planning, telecommunications, and records management; personnel management; procurement, franchising activities, Federal Assistance management, and support services, including property management, space management, and general office services; management and organization analysis activities; safety; and personnel and physical security. Program implementation is carried out by six divisions and two administrative service centers.
2.4 Offshore Minerals Management Functions. The Associate Director for Offshore Minerals
Management is responsible for all offshore activities that include resource
evaluation, environmental review, leasing activities (including public liaison
and planning functions), lease management, and inspection and enforcement
programs under MMS's jurisdiction. Responsibility
is shared with a Deputy Associate Director, and program implementation is
carried out through six Divisions and three line regional field organizations.
2.5 Policy and Management Improvement
Functions. The Associate Director
for Policy and Management Improvement is responsible for providing policy
review and coordinated program and policy positions on all matters relating to
the MMS; for providing MMS a review and assessment capability; for managing its
strategic planning and quality improvement processes; and for evaluating MMS programs
through economic and programmatic policy analyses. The Associate Director is also responsible
for managing the Bureau's appeals activities, the alternative dispute
resolution program, and the Bureau's regulatory and information collection
programs. Program implementation is
carried out by two Divisions.
2.6 Minerals Revenue Management Functions. The Associate Director for Minerals Revenue
Management is responsible for the collection and distribution of all royalty
payments, rentals, bonus payments, fines, penalties, and assessments, and other
revenue due the Federal Government and Indian lessors
(tribal and allotted) as monies or royalties-in-kind from the extraction of
mineral resources from Federal and Indian lands onshore and from the leasing and
extraction of mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf. These responsibilities are shared with a
Deputy Associate Director, and program implementation is carried out through
three program organizations, with program support staff reporting directly to
the Associate Directorate.
4/6/04 #3609
Replaces 1/21/04 #3605