More Federal Management Attention Is Needed to Improve the Consultation Process

By General Accounting Office

Book Id: WPLBN0000190950
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 7.95 MB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	More Federal Management Attention Is Needed to Improve the Consultation Process
Author:	General Accounting Office
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Accountability in government, United States. General Accounting Office
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection
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Publisher:	United States General Accounting Office (Gao)


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Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection

Excerpt
Excerpt: The data available on consultations and their timeliness varied between the Services, but neither agency?s databases captured all the elements needed to reliably determine the length of the process. Data from the National Marine Fisheries Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service?s Portland field office (the Service?s other five offices did not have comparably reliable data) show that about 40 and 30 percent of their nearly 1,220 and 330 consultations, respectively, exceeded established time frames (for consultations completed during fiscal years 2001 through 2003). However, these data do not include the significant time and effort sometimes spent discussing a project before consultation officially began. As a result, the Services cannot discern the level of effort devoted to Endangered Species Act consultations.