Service First Agreements: Interagency Agreement Process

 Learn the applications of a Service First Interagency MOU, Master Agreement and 7600B Interagency Agreement. Discover the difference in the roles and responsibilities between a Requesting Agency and a Servicing Agency. Familiarize yourself and your colleagues with commonly used terms for completing a Master Agreement, such as: Indirect Cost Rate/Overhead Assisted Acquisition Treasury Account […]

Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) National Network

CESU Background What if federal agencies who manage natural and cultural resources could tap into a network of scientists, who represent a full spectrum of natural, social, educational and cultural disciplines, to find information in a timely manner that informs management decisions?  What if the universities, state and local agencies, nonprofits and businesses had access […]

Business Plan

Consider the uses of a business plan to guide day to day and long-term decision making. Discover how a business plan might support strategic conversations with funders and partner organizations. Learn more about the twelve questions funders ask that can be answered by a business plan. Discussion Questions: What are the benefits of the development […]

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)

This 3-part series explains how and why Federal Agency employees comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act.  Learn more about how to work with representatives from OMB and your agency’s Information Collection Officer to: develop a new information collections request,  gain approval for the use of approved questions and collection instruments from the Generic Clearance resources […]

Evaluating Partnerships in Conservation

Introduction, The Interplay, and Logic Models highlight evaluation concepts including Wicked Problems and the Theory of Change as well as tools related to planning, implementing and assessing the conservation activities of partnerships. Assessment reveals concepts that support an evaluator’s toolkit including Random, Quasi and Natural Experiments. Learn more about qualitative and quantitative choices in data […]