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<br />6 <br /> <br />D) Supporting Information Need (SIN): A Supporting Information Need contributes <br />to understanding the basis for a resource response and its link to other management <br />goals, <br /> <br />E) Other Definitions Are: <br /> <br />. Status and Trends: Status refers to the condition of a resource at a given time or <br />place. Trends refer to a statistically-based temporal or spatial series for a given <br />resource, during the periods and at the locations where data was collected, <br /> <br />. Cause and Effect: Cause and effect assigns a resource response to a particular <br />event(s) or driving variable(s). <br /> <br />In addition, GCMRC has responsibility for management and dissemination of technical <br />information in the AMP program, Included is development and maintenance of a database <br />management system for archiving data collected as a result of monitoring and research activities, <br />maintenance of a geographic information system for analysis and archiving of spatial data, and a <br />central library for additional archiving and data dissemination activities, A major emphasis is <br />placed on serving digital publications, data, and analytical tools to our stakeholders and the <br />public through the portal of the GCMRC website (www,gcmrc.gov), GCMRC also operates a <br />surveying department to provide consistent, quality, cost-effective support to monitoring and <br />research projects, Finally, GCMRC operates a logistics program to provide cost-effective <br />support to scientific field activities, <br /> <br />PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS AND STATUS UPDATE <br /> <br />Historically, GCMRC operated under an organizational structure that included the <br />following four program areas, each with a program manager: Biology, Physical Science, <br />Cultural Resources, and Information Technology, At times, that organizational structure <br />hindered efforts to better integrate monitoring and research activities as stipulated in the <br />GCMRC mission statement (see above), <br />Furthermore, the existence of an Information Technology program formed a barrier to <br />integrating the included logistical support-activities (e,g" GIS, survey, database management) <br />into a larger, Center-based framework. In recognition of these challenges, the GCMRC Chief <br />instituted a reorganization of the Center on October 9, Fundamental changes included combining <br />the Biology and Physical Science programs into a new Integrated Ecosystem Science program, <br />and strategically merging elements of the old Information Technology into the newly constituted <br /> <br />GCMRC FY2005-2006 Draft Annual Work Plan (November 10,2003) <br />