根據國家自然資源機構公務人員聯盟所公佈的美國森林署內部文件,森林署已準備重新整頓機構,個別獨立的林地將不再負責土地管理計劃的工作。
環境責任公職人員組織表示,此項重新建構的工作,將影響森林署目前1/4的工作職位,縮減消防隊員的人力,資源計劃的工作也會因而僵化。
此項稱為「企業流程再造」的計劃,將針對國家環境政策法下的所有工作職責進行統一,此法案也是森林署資源管理所有行動的依據。
在「企業流程再造計劃」之下,所有與國家環境政策法相關的事務,將轉由6處「生態應用中心」負責,屆時森林土地規劃也會予以標準化。
撰寫此項計劃的顧問表示,此項研究的目的是在「找出有效的方法,提高美國森林署在落實國家環境政策法相關行動的成效。」
The U.S. Forest Service is poised to restructure the agency so that land management planning jobs are removed from individual forests, according to Service documents released today by a national association of government employees in natural resources agencies.
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, PEER, says the resulting reorganization will affect one in four Forest Service jobs, shrink its firefighting force and "rigidify" resource planning.
The plan, called a "Business Process Reengineering," would consolidate virtually all work performed under the National Environmental Policy Act, NEPA, the basic law that shapes agency resource management actions.
Under the Business Process Reengineering, all functions related to NEPA would be moved into six "eco-based Service Centers" where forest planning would be standardized.
The purpose of this study, the consultants wrote, was "to identify ways to improve the United States Forest Service's approach to performing activities related to compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act."
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