ChesapeakeStat

Improving Accountability – Strengthening Coordination – Providing Information

Enabling Effective Adaptive Management in the Chesapeake Bay Program Doreen Vetter Chesapeake

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Project Manager Environmental Evaluators Network June 24, 2011

ChesapeakeStat

 A website

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that promotes improved accountability by conveying important information to the public.

 A systematic process within the partnership of using information and data to review progress towards goals and change approach when needed.

Why ChesapeakeStat?

  Tool for the CBP partnership – support decision making and adaptive management.

Executive Order 13508,Sec 206 – strengthen accountability and transparency through public website.

 Being open about how we target our resources.

Background

Guiding Principle: "The perfect is the enemy of the good."

French Philosopher Voltaire

A focus on incremental progress and adaptation – “baby” steps.

Commitment

Principals’ Staff Committee (State Secretaries and EPA Regional Administrator) approved the Decision Framework or “Chesapeake

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” process in May 2011 with the goal of improving support for decision-making to achieve the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) goals.

Process involves setting specific, time-bound objectives, identifying responsible parties, regular review and adaptive actions, and transparently reporting progress.

Decision Framework

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articulate program goals refine system level model for goal attainment re-assess current management efforts – identify gaps revise management strategy adjust monitoring program assess performance manage adaptively

Decision Framework – How it looks in ChesapeakeStat

1. Articulate program goals.

Decision Framework – How it looks in ChesapeakeStat

2. Describe factors influencing goal attainment.

Decision Framework – How it looks in ChesapeakeStat

3. Assess current management efforts (and gaps).

Decision Framework – How it looks in ChesapeakeStat

4. Develop management strategy.

Decision Framework – How it looks in ChesapeakeStat

5. Develop monitoring program.

Decision Framework – How it looks in ChesapeakeStat

6. Assess performance.

Additional ChesapeakeStat Website Features

 TMDL Tracking Page  Goal Areas featured prominently on Home Page  “Cross-Goal and Decision Support” Section highlighting Decision Framework  Additional capabilities and information  Make Your Own Map by combining layers to address questions (over 150 layers)  Monitoring assessments

ChesapeakeStat – Tracking & Accountability

Cross-Goal & Decision Support Tab

Supporting management level information needs.

Cross-Goal & Decision Support Tab

Tracking and accountability feature.

Cross-Goal & Decision Support Tab

Evaluating environmental outcomes.

Cross-Goal & Decision Support Tab

Making connections.

Cross-Goal & Decision Support Tab

Plans for future content additions. • Chesapeake

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Implementation Workgroup,

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, schedule for workshops, content development schedule and progress of Goal Implementation Teams.

• Management Board schedules and supporting materials for decision meetings. • Section for Management Reports, including, for example, BayTAS reports.

Implementing ChesapeakeStat Process

Will position the Management Board to:  review performance and work of Partnership,  identify opportunities for strategic coordination and leveraging of complementary efforts, and coordinating resources,  access established content on Chesapeake

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discussions and track follow-up actions, to support  recognize when program redirection is necessary.

Next Steps

Begin by doing, small but significant!

 Over time, use decision framework to describe full suite of CBP activities,  incorporate adaptive management process into a regular quarterly annualized schedule. http://stat.chesapeakebay.net