Contributors--Decision Process Guide from the U.S. Department of the Interior/Bureau of Reclamation

Reclamation's Decision Process Guide

Contributors

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Participants

Several contributors wished to remain anonymous, and we decided that granting anonymity and continually assuring confidentiality would allow the contributors to provide more honest and useful insights.

As part of several ongoing initiatives to ensure that Reclamation's decision processes met our mission and our customer's needs, a small team was assigned to create usable, flexible problem-solving guidance. This team produced:

A hard copy, linear guidebook
Several training applications:
- Two-hour overview of the decision process steps
- All day, indepth training on the steps
- Application courses for a team to apply the steps to a current process
- Guide the guide courses for facilitators to work with teams to apply steps
This web version

This core team recruited a large group of contributors as a support network. Contributors serve in a variety of functions:

Managerial support and time
Promoting the guidebook, suggesting additional areas to cover, and providing the needed funds. Interviews:
Giving insights and approaches in the decision process.
Editorial and graphic help
Formatting the hard copy and web into useful documents
Reviews:
Reviewing drafts, outlines, and illustrations.
Application:
Using the guide and suggesting ways to update and improve it.

In the Bureau of Reclamation

We want to thank you all for volunteering so much time to this effort.

We appreciate your sticking with us throughout the years.

Many people aren't mentioned here by name, and we want to particularly thank all those who:

Took the training courses associated with this guide.

Contributed resources, good material, and references (throughout the world and across the U.S.)

Read and commented on our guide

We have discovered so much more from you!

Thanks

Name	Title (at the time of consultation)
Patty Alexander	Editorial Assistant, Technical Service Center (TSC)
Alires Almon	Facilitation, Management Services Organization (MSO)
Gary Baker	Resource Manager, TSC
Mark E. Baker	Assistant to Bureau of Indian Affairs/Tribal Projects, Client Liaison, TSC
Bob Black	Resource Manager, TSC
Susan Black	Social Science Analyst, TSC
Hans and Annamarie Blieker	Citizen Participation
Auzie Blevins	Environmental Specialist, Great Plains (GP) Region
Charles Brown	Visual Presentations, TSC
Curt Brown	Policy Analyst, Program Analysis Office (PAO)
Jack Byers	Special Assistant Regional Director for Native American Affairs, GP Region
Charlie Calhoun	Regional Director, Upper Colorado (UC) Region
Thayne Coulter	Sociologist, TSC
Shannon Cunniff	Senior Issues Manager, Washington Office
Carol DeAngelis	Grand Junction Area Manager, Grand Junction Projects Office
Sheila Dufford	Wildlife Biologist, Dakotas Area Office
Dave Duncan	Resources Management Coordinator and Activity Manager Oregon Liaison, Pacific Northwest (PN) Region
Don Glaser	Director, PAO
Bruce Glenn	Manager, Water, Land, and Cultural Resources, PAO
Eric Glover	Resources Program Manager, PN Region
Robert Hamilton	Resources Management Coordinator and Activity Manager, PN Region
Olof Hansen	Biological Information Specialist, Mid-Pacific (MP) Region
Kent Higgins	Management Control Coordinator, PAO
Del Holz	Planning Office, PAO
Kathy House	Technical Writer, TSC
Dale Imlay	Director, Management Service Office, Lower Colorado (LC) Region
Ron Jensen	Technical Writer, TSC
John Keys	Regional Director, PN Region
Marsha Knott	Visual Presentations, TSC
Larry Kysar	Hydraulic Engineer, TSC
Jim LaBounty	Manager, Ecological Research and Investigations Group, TSC
Deena Larsen	Technical Writer, TSC
John Lease	Leadership Team, TSC
Jane Ludwig	Program Manager, Liaison and Coordination, PN Region
Steve Magnassun
Sam Martin	Value Engineering, TSC
Barbara Massey	Public Affairs, MP Region
Bob May	Natural Resource Specialist, South Central California Area Office
Steve McCall	Environmental Officer and Environmental Protection Specialist, Grand Junction Projects Office
Ron McKown	Area Office Manager, Lower Columbia Area Office
Jim Malila	Director, Reclamation Service Center
Kris Mills	Southern California Area Office Studies Manager
Joe Montgomery	Social Science Analyst, TSC
Gene Munson	Water and Land Regulatory Specialist, PAO
Terry Opdyke	Administrator, TSC
Nick Palacios	Austin Area Office
Tom Phillips	Senior Issues Manager, Washington Office
Jack Pong	Deputy Director of Management Service Office, LC Region
Erin Quinn	Assistant Resource Manager, TSC
Tim Randle	Hydraulic Engineer, TSC
David Redhorse	Social Science Analyst, TSC
Roberta Ries	Resources Study Coordinator, Upper Columbia Area Office
Will Samuel	Hydraulic Engineer, TSC
Eileen Salenik	Resource Management Planner, PN Region
Kent Shuyler	Resource Planning Advisor, PAO
Margaret Sibley	Director, Human Resources, Administrative Service Center
William Steele	Senior Program Analyst, Program Formulation Unit, Washington Office
Don Treasure	Environmental Specialist, PAO
Judy Troast	Environmental Specialist, PAO, Washington
Tim Ulrich	Southern California Area Office Manager
Mary Voita	Technical Communications Group Manager, PAO
Henk Wilms
Bill White	Visual Presentations, TSC
Dick Whitson	Resource Planning Advisor, PAO

Others

We used several special commercial resources for this book:

grantland

Name	Title and Agency (at the time of consultation)
Darrell Adams	Adams Associates
Chip Bell	Planning and training consultant
Mark Bernstein	Eastgate Systems
Grant Brownrigg	Grantland Enterprises
Nancy Chu	Deputy Fisheries Associate Manager, Technical Services, Fish and Wildlife Service
Chip Demerest	Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, San Francisco, California
Andreas Dieberger	Visiting Researcher, Georgia Institute of Technology
Thomas Driscoll	Senior Vice President, O'Brien Krietzburg
John Duff	Training Officer, Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, California
Leticia Fish	Supervisory Personnel Management Specialist, Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, California
Chris Gentry	National Park Service
Sue Gunn	Geologist, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, San Francisco, California
Esther Hill	Environmental Protection Specialist, Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, California
Stephanie Koeller	Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, San Francisco, California
Gary Lance	AIDS Training Coordinator, Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, California
Kivi LeRoux-Duncan	Environmental Protection Specialist, Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, California
Barbara Lewis	Public Involvement Manager, Dames and Moore
Lori Lewis	Environmental Justice Coordinator, Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, California
Tony Lewis	Environmental Protection Specialist, Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, California
Linda Latta-Wobbie	Environmental Protection Specialist, Frances E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming
Sue Lawson-Gonzales	Public Involvement Specialist, Utility Policy and Planning, RW Beck
Wendy Murphy	Mediation Process Advocate
Marilyn Null	Assistant for Regulatory Affairs, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Environment, Safety and Occupational Health) Department of Air Force Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington Office
Todd Peterson	Public Involvement Specialist, Battelle Research Center
Audrey Perino	Bonneville Power Administration
Mike Phillips	Wolf Reintroduction Team, Yellowstone National Park
Jill Piatt	Environmental Manager, Denver International Airport
Pat Port	Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, San Francisco, California.
Tracey Queripel	Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, San Francisco, California
Judy Rocchio	Air Quality Coordinator, National Park Service, Pacific West Field Area
Fran Schultz	Project Officer, Environmental Protection Specialist, Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, California
Doug Smith	Wolf Reintroduction Team, Yellowstone National Park
Becky Tudisco	TQI Coordinator, Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, California
Dick Veazey	Manager of Airport Planning, Denver International Airport
John Wilkins-Wells	Research Associate, CSU Department of Sociology

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