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Sharon Nygaard-Scott <[email protected]>

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Re: BLM/NAU Assistance Agreement - Status, please - for OMB stewardship

survey renewal - another quick question, please

Sharon,

That agreement and survey only took place the first year and there is no

duplication.

Jim Bowmer

National Stewardship Coordinator

Division of Forests and Woodlands (WO270)

(202) 452-5081-Office

(202) 557-8619-Cell

"The greatest difficulty in the world is not for people to accept new

ideas, but to make them forget about old ideas." -John Maynard Keynes

Sharon

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01/16/2009 09:04 Sharon Nygaard-Scott

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Re: BLM/NAU Assistance Agreement -

Status, please - for OMB

stewardship survey renewal -

another quick question, please

Also, does the following statement still apply to BLM:

The FS and BLM stewardship contracting project managers frequently work

with external groups that are interested in stewardship contracting. As

far as these program managers are aware, there are no similar information

collections currently conducted by other government sources or other

outside sources.

Just for information, below is the question and response per the supporting

statement for the original information collection (three-years ago), which

now requires an update for the renewal.

"4. Describe efforts to identify duplication. Show specifically why any

similar information already available cannot be used or modified for use

for the purposes described in Item 2 above.

Currently, neither the Forest Service has any approved surveys that address

the role of local communities in stewardship contracting. The Bureau of

Land Management currently has an assistance agreement with Northern Arizona

University to conduct and complete a customer satisfaction survey for

stewardship contracting by the end of FY 2006. The NAU survey has a much

narrower focus than this proposed data collection. The FS and BLM

stewardshp contracting project managers frequently work with external

groups that are interested in stewardship contracting. As far as these

program managers are aware, there are no similar information collections

currently conducted by other government sources or other outside sources."

THANKS!!

Sharon

Sharon Nygaard-Scott

Sale Preparation & Stewardship Contracting Policy

Forest Management, WO -Yates (3 SW)

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(202) 205-1766 - Office

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Sharon

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01/16/2009 08:52 AM [email protected]

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Sharon Nygaard-Scott/WO/USDAFS@FSNOTES

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BLM/NAU Assistance Agreement - Status,

please - for OMB stewardship survey

renewal.

Jim

I am developing the supporting statement for the stewardship survey

(information collection) renewal (the role of local communities in

stewardship contracting).

Would you please tell me what the status of the BLM's assistance agreement

with NAU is for the purpose of "conducting and completing a customer

satisfacton survey for stewardship contracting"?

Thanks!!

Sharon

Sharon Nygaard-Scott

Sale Preparation & Stewardship Contracting Policy

Forest Management, WO -Yates (3 SW)

[email protected]

(202) 205-1766 - Office

(202) 205-1045 - Fax