factsheets Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 09:32:46 -0500 To: "Virginia Delima, Subdistrict Chief, Providence, RI" From: "Robert M Hirsch, Chief Hydrologist, Reston, VA" (Robert M. Hirsch) Subject: Re: factsheets Cc: "A - Division Chief and Staff", "B - Branch Chiefs and Offices", "DC - All District Chiefs", "Celso Puente, Acting Chief, Pub. Coord., Reston, VA" , "Chester Zenone, Hydrologist, Reston, VA" Virginia - There has been no discussion here in Reston since before the furlough. Obviously no one can expect you to meet the original deadlines and these were designed to be used during the FY97 budget process in Congress. We are unsure of how the FY97 process will proceed this year (usually by this time of year all of the numbers and all of the words for the next budget have been locked in - but this year we have no numbers and only the most preliminary set of words). Anyway, I think the State Fact Sheet effort is worthwhile and I hope it can proceed but at a slower pace than initially defined. We will be asking the Regional Hydrologists their views on this issue next week. District Chiefs should let their RH know what they think. I hope that we can develop a WRD position as we move into a Bureau-level discussion of what we can do and should do with the new State Fact Sheets. Bob >Bob-- > >During the furlough there were differing opinions expressed in District Chief >email about whether to continue work on the new fact sheets. Some felt we >needed the visibility and should continue, others felt we needed to spend the >time on projects for cooperators and should stop and continue to use last >year's factsheets. If we attempt to shoot for the original deadlines, we need >to restart work on the factsheets immediately. > >Has there been any discussion or decision on whether we should proceed? >Please give us some guidance. Thanx. > >--Virginia **************************************************************************** * Robert M. Hirsch rhirsch@usgs.gov * * 409 National Center 703-648-5215 * * U.S. Geological Survey fax 703-648-5002 * * Reston, VA 22092 * ****************************************************************************