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<br />Coordinator was hired and the OSDC became tf fully operational, relatively <br />autonomous entity with the Governor's Office. <br /> <br />The subsequent, ongoing activities of the OSDC may be characterized as <br />follows: <br /> <br />. prov i ded po 1 i cy gu i dance to the Governor and the State Drought <br />Counc il ; <br /> <br />. administered the planning and implementation of State and substate- <br />level drought mitigation programs; <br /> <br />. monitored the operations of State, federal, and substate-level <br />drought mitigation and relief programs; <br /> <br />. established linkages and performed appropriate information-networking <br />among State, federal, and regional drought management entities. <br /> <br />3.2.1 POLICY GUIDANCE <br /> <br />The day-to-day involvement of the OSDC staff in drought management <br />operations rendered it an invaluable advisory source of technical information <br />for the drought-related policy deliberations of the Governor and the State <br />Drought Council. Beyond its capacity to provide technical expertise, the <br />advisory role of the OSDC to the Governor was strengthened first by its <br />proximity and a correspondingly high degree of access to the Governor, and <br />secondly by the weekly drought briefings prepared for the Governor by the State <br />Drought Coordinator. The OSDC exerted a strong influence over Drought Council <br />program expenditures in that many were prompted by the suggestion of the State <br />Drought Coordinator. Furthermore, OSDC staff were 1 arge ly respons i b 1 e for <br />setting the agendas for the relatively infrequent Drought Council meetings. <br /> <br />There were, however, limits upon the scope of the OSDC's policy influence. <br />While the State Drought Coordinator played a primary policy-making role in, for <br />instance, the allocation of State Drought Council monies, he was not nearly as <br />successful in actualizing some other longer term, further-reaching policies, <br />such as the "Front Range Water Policy." <br /> <br />4The State Drought Coordinator, prior to his appointment by the Governor, <br />had been the head of the Division of Administrative Services in the State <br />Department of Agriculture (DOA). Throughout his tenure as State Drought <br />Coo~dina~or, the.DOA paid his salary and was reimbursed by the Governor's Office <br />from monles recelved from the Legisl~ture and the EDA. <br /> <br />44 <br />