National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Northwest Fisheries Science Center Needs Improved Research Management Processes to Better Implement Its Salmon Research Plan

By Department of Commerce

Book Id: WPLBN0000699058
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 1.15 MB.
Reproduction Date: 2000

Title:	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Northwest Fisheries Science Center Needs Improved Research Management Processes to Better Implement Its Salmon Research Plan
Author:	Department of Commerce
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Department of Commerce and Labor Document, Commerce.
Collections:	Department of Commerce Collection
Historic Publication Date:
Publisher:	Government Printing Office


Citation APA MLA Chicago Commerce, E. O. (n.d.). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Northwest Fisheries Science Center Needs Improved Research Management Processes to Better Implement Its Salmon Research Plan. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

Excerpt
Excerpt: Under the authority provided by the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is responsible for preventing the extinction and protecting the habitats of marine fish, mammals, sea turtles, and anadromous fish (such as Pacific salmon), which migrate between the ocean and inland waterways. NMFS? Northwest Regional Office and Northwest Fisheries Science Center are responsible for managing and protecting living marine resources, as well as, handling the endangered species program in the Pacific Northwest. As such, they are responsible for the area that includes both inland rivers and streams where salmon migrate in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana, including much of the Columbia River Basin, to large stretches of the Pacific Ocean. The regional office identifies living marine resources and lists species that are endangered or threatened in its coverage area, works with groups whose proposed projects could harm the listed species to mitigate the harm, and creates management policies and plans to protect those species and their habitat.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, i -- INTRODUCTION, 1 -- OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY, 1 -- BACKGROUND, 2 -- OBSERVATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS, 3 -- I. Bankcard Use Did Not Always Adhere to Policy, 3 -- II. Awards Program Was Not Well Managed, 6 -- III. Cellular Telephones Were Used For Personal Calls, 11 -- IV. Controls Over Time and Attendance Were Lacking, 13 -- V. Two Employees Abused Their Travel Card Privileges, 17 -- VI. Commerce?s Energy and Environmental Programs Need Attention, 19 -- VII. OAS Reorganization Options Need Attention, 22 -- RECOMMENDATIONS, 23 -- APPENDIXES -- A: Office of the Secretary Response to the Draft Report, 25 -- B: National Institute of Standards and Technology Response to the Draft Report, 33