National Program 308 Second Customer/Stakeholder Workshop and 2000-2005 Performance Assessment 28 February-2 March 2006

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National Program 308 Second Customer/Stakeholder
Workshop and 2000-2005 Performance
Assessment28 February-2 March 2006
United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
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Agricultural Research Service

• 8,000 employees
• 2,000 scientists
• 100 laboratory locations
• Partnerships with other Federal agencies,
  universities and industry

• USDAs intramural research
• 22 National Programs
• 1,100 research projects
• FY06 budget
• 1 billion

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How ARS Plans and Sets Research Priorities
Congress Executive Branch (Department, other
Federal agencies)
ARS Program Budgeting Priorities
Agency Scientists Managers
Customers, Partners, Stakeholders
Scientific Communities
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• How Do We Administer Research?
• Through National Programs
• A National Program is a set of research projects
  directed toward common goals to solve
  agricultural problems of high national priority.
• --National Programs are outcome driven, e.g.,
  Alternatives for methyl bromide.

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ARS National Programs
Animal Production Natural Resources
Crop Production Human Nutrition
Water Quality Management (201) Soil Resource
Management (202) Air Quality (203) Global Change
(204) Rangeland, Pasture Forages (205) Manure
Byproduct Utilization (206) Integrated
Agricultural Systems (207) Bioenergy Energy
Alternatives (307)
Genetic Resources, Genomics and Genetic
Improvement (301) Plant Biological Molecular
Processes (302) Plant Diseases (303) Crop
Protection Quarantine (304) Crop Production
(305) Methyl Bromide Alternatives (308)
Food Animal Production (101) Animal Health
(103) Veterinary, Medical, and Urban Entomology
(104) Animal Well-Being and Stress Control
Systems (105) Aquaculture (106)
Human Nutrition (107) Food Safety (animal
plant products) (108) Quality and Utilization of
Agricultural Products (306)
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Relevance
The first NP 308 National Program Cycle
Input 1999 Workshop
Input
Planning OSQR Reviews
Assessment 2005 External Review
Quality
Performance
Implementation Conduct research
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2nd NP 308 Customer/Stakeholder Workshop
Performance Assessment 28 February- 2 March 2006

• Emphasis is on Customer/Stakeholders! Broad
  spectrum of customer/stakeholders and ARS
  participants. We wish that we could have invited
  even more of you.
• First 1/3 of workshop will focus on assessment
  and the remaining 2/3 of the workshop will focus
  on the future.

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The Assessment Provides

• Feedback to our customers, partners,
  stakeholdersfocusing on accomplishments relative
  to promises.

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The Assessment Provides

• Feedback to ARS managers as an indicator of NP
  progress.

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The Assessment Provides

• Feedback to OMB and other policy makers regarding
  performance assessment of the research programs
  within the Agency

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The Assessment Provides

• Feedback and guidance to ARS scientists to help
  them focus and direct their efforts on the
  potential goals for the next program cycle.