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                                               Date Signed: November L 2007
MEMORAMH'M

SI 'BJKC'l            Release of the (*apacil\ Development Pfoyram hval nation 'tool

FROM:              Stephen R I leare. Duector
                           itf \Vatet I'tvkviiOii Dnision
TO:                  Drinking Watei Program Manage,! s
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       1 am unttngto announce the ielease o< the Capacity Development f'rmK.uis
Evaluation Tool |C"DPETt.  We have developed this new \veh based tool UN pan of oui
on-going efforts to provide national program oversight and acvXHintuhiliiv. As you may
refucmbei. (he OfTK*c of the Inspector Clenera) made  as
po^s;bie, lakiog into account disierences in stair approuehe.s. These assessment arc uui
basis for making aniiuid DWSRF Program withholding determinations,

       1 he goals of rOPBF are to improve the etf'ieieney  and effectiveiiesN oi C'apaeity
Development program data collection  With CDPET, v\e will he able to:
                     Provide a s,tre;ui>l:ncd approach tor regional oversight of slate
                    Capacity  Dexelopmeni Frogranis,
                     Pro\ ulc u mechanism toj nathuutl program consisttnicy.
                     •\!ki\\ for more efficient analy-sts <*} pn^ram peifonnam c. data.
                     An.tly/e national "iroiirain trejick Us  beilci tJioeate tesouttes.
                     Have, a Nieatty data stream to assist us in implementation of the
                     national Capacity Development Program Strategic  Plan,

       I rci"ogiii/e that the nuw eiiallenging pan of ensuring the Mieeess ot'CDlMlT is
getting the data iuio the tool: we kno\v that Maff resources are limited,  Tu assist the
Reiiicni \\i\l\ fheif tla:a cntrs. u useis mt.nua! a% been ercatcJ t^^e anael;meni>  the users
manual is designed to provide guidance oti the ixpes oi data that .should he enteir-d into
ihe tool, how to enter the data. and. insunotions on h*nv to docutneii! the asb

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