Fiscal Year 2003: Performance Report U.S. Department of Agricultire Natural Resources Conservation Service

• Description: Fiscal Year 2003: Performance Report U.S. Department of Agricultire Natural Resources Conservation Service
• State: CO
• Date: 3/1/2003
• Title: Fiscal Year 2003: Performance Report U.S. Department of Agricultire Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

Strategic Goal 4: Deliver high quality services to
the public to enable natural resource stewardship.
Strategic Goal 4 is supported by two objectives and
eleven performance indicators. The indicators reflect
the products provided by NRCS to customers and the
number of customers using that information. Most indi-
cators were met or exceeded; therefore, the goal is con-
sidered met.
Objective 4.1 ® Deliver services fairly and equitably
Indicator: Parity in service delivery.
Target: Parity in service delivery means
that in any year, the percentage of the
minority customer base who receive
services does not differ significantly from
the percentage of the non - minority cus-
tomer base who receive services.
Actual: At the national level, parity was
met or exceeded for all racial and ethnic
groups.
Indicator: New NRCS offices
established on reservation land:
Target: 1 office
Actual: 0 offices
Analysis: The target was not met.
Objective 4.2 — Develop and maintain technical
infrastructure.
Indicator: Water users and managers
utilizing information developed by the
Snow Survey and Water Supply
Forecasting Program:
Target: 186,000 clients
Actual: 1,560,000 clients
Analysis: The target, when established,
reflects the number of unique clients to
utilize the information. The actual figures
reflect the number of downloads of this
information.
Indicator: Customers accessing or
downloading soils data —total number
of STATSGO and SSURGO downloads or
CD orders:
Target: 50,400
Actual: 78,394
Analysis: The target was exceeded,
due to increased demand for this infor-
mation and improvements made to the
accessibility and tracking features of
the database.
Indicator: Customers accessing or
downloading plant science information
(PLANTS) database:
Target: 1,880,000
Actual: 3,100,000
Analysis: The target was exceeded by
nearly 70 percent.
Indicator: National conservation prac-
tice standards reviewed to ensure they
are current and reflect best available
technology:
Target: 36
Actual: 36
Analysis: The target was met.
Indicator: Certified soil surveys avail-
able in digital form, cumulative number:
Target: 1,685 soil surveys
Actual: 1,685 soil surveys
Analysis: The target was met.
Indicator: Soils mapped or soil surveys
updated in the fiscal year:
Target: 20,742,295 acres
Actual: 22,513,113 acres
Analysis: The target was exceeded.
Soil survey information is critical to the
planning and application of conservation
treatments used to solve soil and water
conservation problems.
Indicator: New plant releases:
Target: 25
Actual: 20
Analysis: 80% of the target was
achieved.
Indicator: Plant materials technology
transfer publications:
Target: 275
Actual: 437
Analysis: The target was exceeded by
nearly 60 percent.
Indicator: Plant materials studies
evaluated:
Target: 400
Actual: 311
Analysis: Nearly 80 percent of the
target was achieved
Source: NRCS, Performance and
Results Measurement System,
October 2003.
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