Reporting Relationship; Decision Concerning

Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 12:43:54 -0500
To: "AO - All Administrative Officers"<distribution>
From: "Alice A. Sabatini, Division Administrative Officer" <aasabati>
Subject: Reporting Relationship; Decision Concerning

Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 09:45:52 -0500
To: "Gayle A Sisler,  Reston, VA" <gsisler@igsrsparc4.er.usgs.gov>,
        "Joseph S Pillera,  Reston, VA" <jpillera@igsrn008.er.usgs.gov>,
        "MaryLou D Pectol,  Reston, VA" <mpectol>,
        "Alice A Sabatini, Administrative Officer, Reston, VA" <aasabati>,
        "Timothy E Calkins,  Reston, VA" <tcalkins>,
        "Jo Margaret Hale, Management Analyst, Reston, VA"
<jomargaret_hale@brd.usgs.gov>,
        "Richard C Williams,  Reston, VA" <rwilliam>,
        "William E Fordyce,  Reston, VA" <wfordyce>,
        "S. Kaye Cook,  Reston, VA" <kcook>,
        "Patricia H McClenahan,  Reston, VA" <pmcclena>,
        "Carl D Agers,  Menlo Park, CA" <cagers@omega7.wr.usgs.gov>,
        "Judith M Turk,  Reston, VA" <jturk>,
        "Janis C Nash,  Reston, VA" <jnash>,
        "Fran Corcoran White,  Reston, VA" <fwhite>,
        "Karen L Kretlow,  Reston, VA" <kkretlow@igsrn008.er.usgs.gov>,
        "Joseph S Pillera,  Reston, VA" <jpillera@igsrn008.er.usgs.gov>,
        "Norman E Schmidt Jr., Chief, Br. of Human Res. Mgmt., Reston, VA"
<nschmidt>,
        "C. Larry Togans, WRD Progr Suprt Officer, Reston, VA" <cltogans>,
        "Laure G Wallace,  Reston, VA" <lwallace>,
        "Pamela W Marsters,  Reston, VA" <pmarster>,
        "Carolyn Cooper, Management Analyst, Reston, VA"
<carol_cooper@brd.usgs.gov>,
        "Carole Carter-Pfisterer,  Reston, VA" <ccarter>,
        "Gayle A Sisler,  Reston, VA" <gsisler@igsrsparc4.er.usgs.gov>,
        "Dean S Anderson,  Menlo Park, CA" <danderson@wr.usgs.gov>,
        "Richard A Winston,  Denver, CO" <rwinston>,
        "Nancy M Thurman,  Norcross, GA" <nthurman@fs1rgaatl.er.usgs.gov>,
        "Virginia G Miles,  Reston, VA" <vmiles>
From: Carole Carter <ccarter>
Subject: Reporting Relationship; Decision Concerning

Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 09:28:21 -0500
To: "Douglas R Posson,  Denver, CO" <dposson@isdmnl.wr.usgs.gov>,
        "L. J. Patrick Muffler,  Menlo Park, CA"
<pmuffler@omega7.wr.usgs.gov>,
        "Randle W Olsen,  Denver, CO" <rwolsen@av300-27.cr.usgs.gov>,
        "Thomas D Fouch,  Denver, CO" <tfouch>,
        "David J Lystrom, Regional Hydrologist, CR, Denver, CO"
<dlystrom@srv2rcolka.cr.usgs.gov>,
        "James L Ludke, REGIONAL DIRECTOR, Denver, CO"
<larry_ludke@brd.usgs.gov>,
        "Janet L Bishop,  Denver, CO" <jbishop>,
        "Alan M Mikuni,  Menlo Park, CA" <amikuni@igsmn002.wr.usgs.gov>,
        "T. John Conomos, Regional Hydrologist, WR, Menlo Park, CA"
<jconomos@xian.wr.usgs.gov>,
        "John D Buffington, DIR, ALASKA SCIENCE CENTER, Seattle, WA"
<jd_buffington@brd.usgs.gov>,
        "Martha K Burbidge,  Menlo Park, CA" <burbidge@isdmnl.wr.usgs.gov>,
        "Andrea E Alpine, Acting Regional Director, WR, , "
<aealpine@xian.wr.usgs.gov>,
        "Office of Program Support Employees"<distribution>,
        " Operations Council,  , "
<operations_council@igsrsparc4.er.usgs.GOV>,
        "Ryan, Barbara J" <bjryan@igsrsparc4.er.usgs.GOV>,
        "Hosenfeld, Robert W" <rwhosenfeld>, "Peterson, John K" <jpeterso>
From: Lesley Levi <llevi>
Subject: Reporting Relationship; Decision Concerning



In Reply Refer To:
Mail Stop 201

MEMORANDUM



  January 12, 1999

								                       	
To:         Western Region Council
               Central Region Council
               Chief, Human Resources Office
               Chief, Office of Acquisition and Federal Assistance

From:     James C. Leupold   //signed by James C. Leupold//	
               Chief, Office of Program Support

Subject:  Reporting Relationship; Decision Concerning

In accordance with my memorandum of December 11, 1998, Subject: Reporting
relationship, this is to inform you that I have made a decision regarding
the reporting relationship of the personnel management and
acquisition/Federal assistance functions in the Office of Program Support
(OPS).  Effective immediately, the regional chiefs of those functions will
report to the OPS Service Center Chief in their respective  regions.

I have made this decision because I believe the needs of OPS customers at
the regional level can be met most effectively and responsively through a
management approach which provides a single, local focal point for OPS
services.  Having  all regional OPS functions directly reporting to the
regional Service Center Chief will provide OPS customers with direct local
access to a single point for resolution of service concerns, enable
improved coordination of regional OPS efforts, and allow for leveraging of
OPS regional resources.  I believe this will position the OPS management
team member closest to our regional center customers' problems and needs to
better oversee OPS efforts to meet those customer concerns.  I am making
this change in reporting relationship to maximize the delegation of
management authority and operational control to regional and local levels.
My goal is to minimize reporting requirements, prevent service delays, and
reduce communication problems with customers that can be caused by distance
and to increase the empowerment of and demonstrate trust in OPS staff at
regional and local levels.  I am confident that OPS has competent and
experienced personnel, across the country and at all levels of our
organization, and I intend to empower our staff to the greatest extent
possible.  This is consistent with my belief in the spirit of the Blair
House Papers' (National Performance Review) call to unlock the potential of
the workforce by getting "power to the front line," and to "raise the
spirit of the workforce."  Getting power to the front line includes
allowing regional and local managers to make decisions based upon their
knowledge and understanding of their customers' issues.  Raising the spirit
of the workforce is recognizing that people will make a difference if you
give them the opportunity and let them know you trust them.

At the same time, I wish to emphasize that this decision does not diminish
the leadership role of the Chief, Office of Personnel and the Chief, Office
of Acquisition and Federal Assistance, as well as all other headquarters
OPS Chiefs, in championing program design and program evaluation for their
functional areas of responsibility.  In this regard, I wish to be very
clear in stating that the headquarters OPS Office Chiefs provide the
necessary leadership in designing Surveywide administrative and technical
programs, systems, and processes and in evaluating how well such programs,
systems, and processes are implemented at all levels in the Survey.  The
pro-active exercise of this leadership role helps to ensure that the USGS
has effective, cost-efficient administrative and technical programs in
support of science.

To all who provided me with comments on this subject, I appreciate your
views and contributions.

Copy to: Associate Chief for Operations
               Division Operations Council Members     
               All Office of Program Support Employees































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