1. So far the only question I’ve seen about Community Navigators is how much funding went into each agreement, plus I’m curious as to what pot it came from. If you have any other questions please comment below or email me and I will send all the questions in together.
2. A Fed Reg notice came to my attention via an alert TSW reader about an update to the 2470 Silviculture Manual with a comment period. I couldn’t link to the update so contacted the FS, and they will republish a new Fed Reg notice with the correct link.
Here’s a link to the original Fed Reg notice. Comments are due by October 15. Many TSW readers may be interested in this, having been some of the people who have worked with the old one. Improving and updating direction is often tedious and unappreciated, but necessary for government to work better, so I hope some of you take a look.
3. Post Request For those of us who have been out of the FS for awhile or were never in, a post on the FS “newish” budget process and how it is working in practice would be greatly appreciated.
It would also be nice to know what deliverables are expected under the agreements with these six organizations that will assist entities in accessing FS programs. In other words, how is success measured under these agreements?
It sounds from the job ad as if each Navigator Partner makes up their own monitoring and success measures? But definitely a good question! Will ask.
And…maybe just request copies of the agreements with these organizations. The thing is, if you do a FOIA request, it could take years.
We asked for and received copies of the Keystone Agreements in a few months, and I think Dave Mertz had his answered in a month or less. We have one in on the SPAs for the Keystone Agreements that might take longer. I’m assuming if we had to FOIA the Keystones, we’ll have to FOIA the Navigators.