CASE STUDIES: Governance
“Rebecca was amazing; highly skilled at capturing the essence of complex ideas. She is energetic and a delight to work with!” National Leadership Team, US Forest Service
CIO - Information Resources, US Forest Service
RRC designed and facilitated a comprehensive strategic planning effort for Information Resources (IR) in the US Forest Service. The planning effort identified governance as a major area for re-tooling, and RRC was then engaged to design a governance assessment process, develop a plan to address the findings, and facilitate the governance redesign effort. All leadership levels of the agency were involved in the comprehensive re-fashioning of IR governance for the $5B, 30k employee agency. RRC developed customized training materials and a development model to aid Forest Service personnel in the governance work; RRC coordinated all aspects of the project, including a three-tiered, 30-person core team and all of the face-to-face meetings, online collaboration and information gathering, web meetings and the demanding project schedule; RRC drafted hundreds of associated documents.
RRC designed and facilitated a comprehensive strategic planning effort for Information Resources (IR) in the US Forest Service. The planning effort identified governance as a major area for re-tooling, and RRC was then engaged to design a governance assessment process, develop a plan to address the findings, and facilitate the governance redesign effort. All leadership levels of the agency were involved in the comprehensive re-fashioning of IR governance for the $5B, 30k employee agency. RRC developed customized training materials and a development model to aid Forest Service personnel in the governance work; RRC coordinated all aspects of the project, including a three-tiered, 30-person core team and all of the face-to-face meetings, online collaboration and information gathering, web meetings and the demanding project schedule; RRC drafted hundreds of associated documents.
The end result was increased understanding of IR and its role across the agency, which served as the foundation for a newly transparent, aligned and rigorous governance process.
During this project, RRC utilized new decision-support software for the first time, and collaboratively developed the model for an aligned, transparent decision-making process for a multi-million dollar technology portfolio that is still being used today. |
Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP), Fire Emissions Joint Forum
WRAP is a collaborative effort of tribal and state government and federal agencies to develop the technical and policy tools needed by western states and tribes to comply with the U.S. EPA's regional haze regulations. The Fire Emissions Joint Forum (FEJF) is both a policy and a technical body that addresses issues specific to fire and smoke effects.
For several major issues, the FEJF convened sub-committees with the intent to produce governance in the form of guidance documents to support states and tribes in developing their EPA-required Implementation Plans. RRC designed and implemented methodologies to equitably and systematically garner broad stakeholder input, and after several meetings, the level of engagement was so productive, it was decided that guidance could be elevated to policy.
RRC managed effective collaboration within the large stakeholder group of state air regulators, federal and state land managers, tribal governments, agricultural representatives, environmental groups, academics, and industry representatives. The result was four landmark Policies, bridging the wide range of technical and policy issues involved in an aligned governance construct, which was the first of its kind for the WRAP. RRC received special commendation from the WRAP Co-Chairs for this work.
The following Policy documents are available on the WRAP website, or can be downloaded:
• Enhanced Smoke Management Policy
• Compendium of Supporting Material for the Policy Development Process
• Fire Categorization Policy
• Compendium of Supporting Material for the Policy Development Process
WRAP is a collaborative effort of tribal and state government and federal agencies to develop the technical and policy tools needed by western states and tribes to comply with the U.S. EPA's regional haze regulations. The Fire Emissions Joint Forum (FEJF) is both a policy and a technical body that addresses issues specific to fire and smoke effects.
For several major issues, the FEJF convened sub-committees with the intent to produce governance in the form of guidance documents to support states and tribes in developing their EPA-required Implementation Plans. RRC designed and implemented methodologies to equitably and systematically garner broad stakeholder input, and after several meetings, the level of engagement was so productive, it was decided that guidance could be elevated to policy.
RRC managed effective collaboration within the large stakeholder group of state air regulators, federal and state land managers, tribal governments, agricultural representatives, environmental groups, academics, and industry representatives. The result was four landmark Policies, bridging the wide range of technical and policy issues involved in an aligned governance construct, which was the first of its kind for the WRAP. RRC received special commendation from the WRAP Co-Chairs for this work.
The following Policy documents are available on the WRAP website, or can be downloaded:
• Enhanced Smoke Management Policy
• Compendium of Supporting Material for the Policy Development Process
• Fire Categorization Policy
• Compendium of Supporting Material for the Policy Development Process