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a ' <br /> relationship of these two systems to Colorado State Government is <br /> depicted in diagrams shown at Appendices 1 and 2 to paragraph 3A of <br /> the Plan. In the next pages, each system is described more fully. <br /> ASSESSMENT SYSTEM. The assessment system has been designed to function <br /> as follows: <br /> - This system is composed of representatives from concerned <br /> agencies who comprise task forces that can rapidly develop <br /> and process assessments through the task force structure to <br /> response agencies and leadership. (Water Availability TF <br /> to Impact TF's to a Review and Reporting TF) . <br /> - Task forces expedite the processing of water availability and <br /> impact information i .e. they gather and disseminate this infor- <br /> mation. They ensure expeditious reporting through the Review <br /> and Reporting Task Force, to leadership and to the response <br /> agencies of State government. The general rule for these task <br /> forces is to more clearly delineate problem areas(impacts) which <br /> generate needs that cannot be met locally and must therefore be <br /> responded to by the State. Task forces are designed to assess <br /> the range of needs which can result from drought; if new problem <br /> areas arise, correspondingly oriented task forces will be gen- <br /> erated to carry out pertinent assessment, e.g. should hydro- <br /> electric energy or health problems become prominent enough to <br /> be of significant concern, pertinent task forces will be <br /> established. <br /> - These task forces are generally chaired by midlevel managers <br /> drawn from State government who can deal with a very broad <br /> range of government and private data sources. <br /> - Responsibilities for informing the media of impact assessments <br /> permit task force leadership to provide tte media with information <br /> pertinent to TF responsibility, but restriction is placed on <br /> releases of broader scope; these are restricted to the Office <br /> the Governor, the Review and Reporting Task Force and the Director <br /> DODES. <br /> THE RESPONSE SYSTEM. Since response to drought is at best a complex, <br /> broad scale, and somewhat ambiguous problem, specific action from State <br /> government must be geared to specifically identified impacts. As impacts <br /> are identified and assessed by various task forces, these impacts are <br /> reported to the concerned department of State government, as well as <br /> to the Review and Reporting Task Force (for transmission to the Governor) . <br /> Initially, when a department receives an impact assessment which requires <br /> a response, this action is taken through existing programs according to <br /> established departmental criteria. State action (still within established <br /> departmental channels) is taken when local capabilities cannot cope with <br /> existing or growing needs. Response consists of any action taken to solve <br /> a given drought problem, from media announcements to funding, or to allo- <br /> cation of other resources. The department or agency most concerned is <br /> assigned to act as lead agency, and to enlist the cooperation of and <br /> provide direction to other agencies which should be involved. Lead <br /> A-3 <br />